Ultrafast Photonic PCR Amplifies DNA in 5 Minutes
Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley have developed a new technique to do PCR experiments at ultrafast speed. Plasmonic photothermal heating allows results within...
Equipment
Publications
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First Epigenetic Mechanism Involving Histone Tails Solved at Atomic Level
Researchers from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), the University of Cambridge, and New York University have discovered the structural mechanism of chromatin...
Basic Research
Fully Functional Hepatocytes Obtained From Stem Cells
Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Alexander Grass Center for Bioengineering have produced the most functional hepatocytes to date. The researchers derived the liver...
Bioengineering
Ribo-T : Ribosome with Linked Subunits Reads Desired RNA
Scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University have engineered the Ribo-T, a tethered ribosome that could be used to produce drugs and new...
Basic Research
Non-Genetic Mechanism Can Cause Cancer
Researchers from the University of Leeds and the University of Texas – MD Anderson Cancer Center involved in ovarian cancer have discovered that protein imbalance can cause cancer....
Biomedicine
CRISPR/Cas9 Successfully Modifies T Cells
Scientists from University of California San Francisco (USCF) have found an improved method to successfully edit the genome of mature human T cells. The research...
Bioengineering
Science Hackathons Help Young Researchers Develop Necessary Skills
Young investigators find themselves in a very demanding career stage, where they must attain their position by publishing good papers, finding funding, collaborating with other...
Education
Repetitive Nucleotide Sequences Affect Translation Independently of the Encoded Amino Acids
Nucleotides can affect ribosomal translation. A study by scientists from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has discovered that ribosome stalling can come from the...
Basic Research