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Extracting a novel biochemical reservoir from between our skin cells
Added: 26 Nov 2020
We're all used to the fact that there is so much more to learn about how our own bodies work, but i…

Cambridge bioscience partnership seeks rising stars in AI
Added: 17 Nov 2020
Calling all bright young things as a multi-disciplined partnership of globally reknowned academic a…

An artificial cell on a chip
Added: 28 Oct 2020
Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a precisely controllable system for mimicking…

Medicines Discovery Catapult creates a worldwide virtual biobank
Added: 18 Aug 2020
Today, Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) announce the rapid expansion of its Biosamples supply net…

Computational model could help translate drugs from animal studies to human
Added: 5 Aug 2020
About 50% of people who take the drug infliximab for inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's d…

Cryogenic electron microscopy freeze-frames SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
Added: 22 Jul 2020
The rod-like spike proteins on the surface of SARS CoV-2 are the tip of the spear of the COVID-19 p…

New molecular tool precisely edits mitochondrial DNA
Added: 14 Jul 2020
The genome in mitochondria -- the cell's energy-producing organelles -- is involved in disease and …

Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry
Added: 13 Jul 2020
Better still: living algae can be used as biocatalysts for certain substances, and they bring the c…

New method reveals how Parkinson's protein damages cell membranes
Added: 2 Jul 2020
In sufferers of Parkinson's disease, clumps of α-synuclein (alpha-synuclein), sometimes known as th…

Honey, I shrunk the cell culture
Added: 24 Jun 2020
From ‘Fantastic Voyage’ to ‘Despicable Me’, shrink rays have been a science-fiction staple on scree…

Photoactivated enzymatic oxygen transfer
Added: 28 May 2020
Researchers at the Universities of Münster (Germany) and Pavia (Italy) have now identified an enzym…

How to fast without having to fast
Added: 28 May 2020
As modern lifestyles and high calorie diets drive the UK's obesity levels up, researchers from the …

Biohybrid organic battery combines nanocomposite and bacteria
Added: 27 May 2020
Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a programmable, biohybrid ma…

Activation of the SARS coronavirus 2 revealed
Added: 6 May 2020
The Infection Biology Unit of the German Primate Center (DPZ) - Leibniz Institute for Primate Resea…

Ebola patients cured with mAb drugs
Added: 13 Aug 2019
Two monoclonal antibody drugs will be used to treat Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of Co…

Porous rocks support prebiotic evolution theory
Added: 7 Aug 2019
The water-air interface found at pores in volcanic rocks could have been the location of the chemic…

3D-printed collagen forms functioning heart parts
Added: 6 Aug 2019
A new bioprinting method allows anyone to 3D-print functioning components of the human heart.

Algal biofuels face diverse pathogens
Added: 24 Jul 2019
DNA analysis of a predatory bacterium has revealed a much higher level of genetic diversity than pr…

Lab-grown insect meat
Added: 6 Jun 2019
Researchers have outlined proposals for lab-grown insect meat as an alternative to harmful livestoc…

3D printed implant repairs spinal cords
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Jan 2019
A 3D-printed implant loaded with neural stem cells has been used to repair severe spinal cord injur…