DNA Nanomachines to Detect Any Antibody
A team of researchers from the Universities of Rome and Montreal have developed a DNA nanomachine customizable to detect any antibody. The nanodevice will allow...
Bioengineering
Techniques
Methods and protocols in practice – how researchers actually run experiments, and the techniques shifting what is possible at the bench.
218 articles
CRISPR/Cas9 Eliminates Viral Transmission Risk in Xenotransplants
Researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston have successfully deactivated 62 viruses in embryo pigs. The achievement was possible thanks to the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology. The...
Bioengineering
MinION Sequences Thousands of Isoforms of the Most Complex Gene Known
Scientists from University of Connecticut have partnered with Oxford Nanopore Technologies to sequence all possible isoforms of the most complex gene known, Down Syndrome cell adhesion molecule...
Basic Research
Insulator Defects Observable by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have characterized individual defects in an insulator using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)....
Basic Research
A Glowing Reporter for DNA Methylation in Single Cells
Researchers at MIT and Whitehead Institute in Cambridge have designed the first reporter for DNA methylation at the level of individual cells. The method allows to follow...
Basic Research
Micromotors that Swim and Sequester Carbon Dioxide
Researchers from UC San Diego have developed an innovative tool to fight climate change. In their study, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, the team...
Basic Research
Future Pills Will Be Electronic
In his recent review published in the journal Trends in Biotechnology, Chistopher Bettinger makes a summary of the current state and future trends of edible...
Bioengineering
Flexible Bio-Nanosensors and a Smartphone to Detect Tuberculosis
A collaboration between American and Indian researchers has produced a nano-biosensor that can detect tuberculosis in early stages. The flexible sensor works coupled to a...
Bioengineering