Techniques

Methods and protocols in practice – how researchers actually run experiments, and the techniques shifting what is possible at the bench.

218 articles

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Recurrent Depression Linked to Amygdala Disconnection from Emotional Network

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered a disconnection in an emotion-processing brain network in people with major depression. The findings will help...

Imaging
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Cryo-Electron Microscopy Is the Method of the Year 2015

Nature Methods has named Cryo-Electron Microscopy the method of the year 2015. This structural technique, which was always a step behind nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and...

Equipment
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Proteins That Act as Superglue Connect Virus-Like Particles to Epitopes

Researchers from Oxford University have developed a new technique to create new vaccines faster and more effectively. The scientists used a ‘bacterial superglue’ made of two...

Bioengineering
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Faster Nanopore Sequencing Simulation Based on Graphene Nanoribbons

Nanopore sequencing technology could be faster and more accurate, according to a simulation by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In the recently developed...

Bioengineering
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Clontech Gesicles Improve CRISPR/Cas9 Performance

Clontech has launched the Guide-it CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicle Production System, a new technology that improves CRISPR/Cas9 delivery and reduces its footprint. Cas9 endonucleases and target-specific sgRNAs are encapsulated...

Bioengineering

Fertility Could Be Controlled with a Switch

A team of German scientists is developing a new device to control fertility. The Bimek SLV is a valve that is fitted to the sperm ducts and...

Clinical Research
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Exosomes Deliver Potent Chemotherapeutic Agent to Cancer Cells

Researchers from the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill have increased the effectiveness of a chemotherapeutic agent 50 fold. The drug, paclitaxel (PTX), was...

Biomedicine
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Electron Holography Microscope Obtains First Image of a Single Protein

  Researchers from the University of Zurich have obtained the first image ever of a single protein. The molecule was fixed on a graphene sheet...

Basic Research