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MIT’s Affordable Alternative to Super-Resolution Microscopes: A Breakthrough in Tissue Expansion

Nanoscale imaging has traditionally been an expensive affair, based on using expensive super-resolution microscopes that obtain a resolution of about 20 nanometers with conventional light...

Microscopy

ONE Microscopy: Imaging Proteins at the Nanoscale 

ONE microscopy is a new imaging technology developed by researchers from the University Medical Center Göttingen, able to expand specimens tenfold and allow the visible...

proteomics

Transforming Disease diagnosis with Light-Controlled Bioassays

Researchers at the University of Freiburg and the INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials have developed light-controlled bioassays called OptoAssays. These bioassays can eliminate multiple steps...

Diagnosis
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Humans Found to Hold Immunity to CRISPR-Cas9

CRISPR-Cas9, the 21st Century’s most promising genetic modification tool has shown to be unusable in humans, thanks to adaptive immunity already present in human beings....

Genome Editing

Magnetic Stimulation to Be Used as an Alternative to Anti-Depressants

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the number of people with depression have increased by 18% since 2005. Researches show that antidepressant medications work...

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