Velcro-like Scaffold to Paste Heart Cells
Engineers from the University of Toronto have assembled functional heart tissue with a biocompatible scaffold that allows layers of cells to attach like Velcro. The...
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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New Imaging Techniques Allow Best Resolution of Living Cells of All Time
Scientists at the Janelia Research Campus at Howard Hughes Medical Institute have developed new imaging methods that vastly improve resolution in structured illumination microscopy (SIM), a very advanced live cell...
Equipment
Illumina to Genotype 2M Irish Animals
Illumina will genotype two million animals for the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF). The federation is carrying out a €300 million Beef Data and Genomics Program, funded...
NGS
Artificial Nerve-like Structures Made with a Biological System
Scientists from Sandia National Laboratories have used natural proteines to create nerve-like structures out of artificial polymers. The biologically linked nanotubes could convey electrical impulses. The...
Basic Research
3D Printed Microfish Used for Detoxification
Functionalizing the microfish. Platinum nanoparticles are loaded into the tail for propulsion via reaction with hydrogen peroxide. Next, iron oxide nanoparticles are loaded into the...
3D bioprinting
ProteinSimple Launches Hassle-free Western Blot
ProteinSimple has launched a total protein assay for its Simple Western product. The Total Protein Master Kit allows users to detect all proteins separated in the...
Equipment
Universal Flu Vaccine Successful in Animals
Two independent research groups have successfully tested a universal flu vaccine in animals. Mice, ferrets and monkeys were infected with different flu strains and treated with...
Bioengineering
Thousands of Single Cell Transcriptomes Analyzed in Parallel
For a long time, gene expression was measured in samples of thousands of cells. The results were an average of the whole cell population. But...
Basic Research