Human Embryo Gene Editing Authorized for Research Purposes
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has approved the use of the gene editing tool CRISPR on human embryos for research purposes. After a...
Bioengineering
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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Foldscope: A Paper Microscope that Costs $1
A team of researchers from Stanford University has developed a paper microscope that costs one dollar. Foldscope is printed in a sheet of paper and...
Education
Olympus Launches the New CKX53 Culture Microscope
Olympus has launched the CKX53 Culture Microscope. Its main features are a reliable color reproducibility, a compact design, user-friendly operation and quick cell observation thanks...
Equipment
DNA/RNA Isolation by Magnetic Separation: Chemagic 360
PerkinElmer has launched the Chemagic 360 instrument for automated nucleic acid isolation from blood, saliva or plasma. The Chemagic can work with a wide range...
Equipment
Nicoya Launches New Surface Plasmon Resonance Instrument
Nicoya Lifesciences has launched OpenSPR-XT, a new, affordable, fully-automated surface plasmon resonance instrument. OpenSPR-XT can provide affinity, kinetics and specificity measurements for proteins, antibodies, nucleic acids...
Equipment
Dendrimer Nanoparticles Successfully Deliver RNA Drug to Cancerous Liver
Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center have successfully delivered small-RNA drugs to a cancerous liver by introducing them in synthetic nanoparticles. The...
Bioengineering
CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Efficiency Increased by 60%
Researchers from UC Berkeley have improved CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing performance by 60%. The team designed a specific DNA template that has the desired sequence and...
Bioengineering
Nanopore Diagnostics Raises $600000 to Develop the iNDxer
American startup Nanopore Diagnostics has raised $600000 to develop The iNDxer, a device to detect bacterial infections. The money, provided by the Missouri Technology Corporation...
Biomedicine