Mitochondria are the powerhouses in our cells, producing the energy for all vital processes. Using cryo-electron tomography, researchers at the University of Basel, Switzerland, have now gained insight into the architecture ...
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Mar 20, 2025
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Reducing the amount of agricultural sprays used by farmers—including fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides—could cut down the amount of polluting runoff that ends up in the environment while at the same time reducing ...
Biotechnology
Mar 25, 2025
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A joint team of professors—Hajun Kim, Taejoon Kwon, and Joo Hun Kang—from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNIST has unveiled a novel diagnostic technique that utilizes artificially designed polymers known ...
Biotechnology
Mar 25, 2025
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a CRISPR-based diagnostic tool capable of detecting bloodstream infections in minutes without the need for nucleic acid amplification. The CRISPR-Cascade ...
A pioneering study investigating the brain activity of dogs during scent detection has unveiled crucial insights into their remarkable olfactory capabilities. Researchers at Bar-Ilan University have developed an optical sensor ...
Biotechnology
Mar 18, 2025
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Genetic engineering in non-human primates has long been limited by the need for virus-based gene delivery methods. Recently, researchers in Japan successfully used a nonviral system to introduce a transgene—that is, a gene ...
Biotechnology
Mar 25, 2025
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La Trobe University researchers have been studying the novel bacterium Mycosynbacter amalyticus —dubbed "microbial dark matter" by scientists—after discovering it has the power to disrupt other bacteria.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 5, 2025
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Frogs have thrived for hundreds of millions of years, spreading across virtually every corner of Earth, from tropical jungles to subarctic forests. Throughout their evolution, they have developed remarkable defenses—including ...
Biotechnology
Mar 25, 2025
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Standard genetic sequencing approaches can tell you a lot about the genetic makeup and activity in a sample, like a piece of tissue or drop of blood. But they don't tell you where specific genetic sequences were located inside ...
Biotechnology
Mar 27, 2025
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A team of researchers at Karolinska Institutet has developed a novel tool for genetic research. The study, published in Nucleic Acids Research, introduces BLU-VIPR, a method that allows researchers to control the gene-editing ...
Biotechnology
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