Xenopat: Your Tumor in a Mouse
Labcritics visited Xenopat, an innovative company dedicated to the orthotopic implantation of human tumors in mice. This technology allows Xenopat to offer services to companies...
Biomedicine
Techniques
Methods and protocols in practice – how researchers actually run experiments, and the techniques shifting what is possible at the bench.
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Teresa Tarragó: “Crowdfunding is a Source of Financing for Early Stage Biotechs”
Labcritics was at Iproteos’ facilities talking to Teresa Tarragó, CEO and co-founder of this innovative company. Iproteos combines computational chemistry with modern synthesis methods to generate...
Biomedicine
CRISPR as a Recorder of Molecular Activity
Researchers from Harvard University have succesfully proved that CRISPR can work as a recorder of molecular events. Synthetic DNA molecules introduced in bacteria over a...
Basic Research
CRISPR/Cpf1 Edits Mice Embryos Without Off-Target Effects
Researchers at the IBS Center for Genome Editing in South Korea have successfully created mutant mice using CRISPR/Cpf1. The alternative to the well-known CRISPR/Cas9 system can...
Bioengineering
Ultrashort Laser Pulses Reduce Off-Target Effects of Radiotherapy
Researchers from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in India have developed an innovative technique to cause DNA damage in a controlled manner. Short, intense pulses...
Cancer Research
Size Exclusion Chromatography Tips and Tricks
Size exclusion chromatography (SEC) is a technique that allows to perform molecular separation by size. Some common SEC applications are protein purification, protein-protein interaction assays,...
Blog
Quantification of Genome Editing Events Using ddPCR
Bio-Rad presented at Analytica the ultra-sensitive properties of digital droplet PCR (ddPCR) to quantify homology directed repair (HDR) and non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) events in...
Biomedicine
Droplet Digital PCR to Measure Tumor Load
Christof Winter from Technische Universität München presented at Analytica the innovative use of droplet digital PCR to measure tumor load by non-invasive means. The technique...
Cancer Research