Study shows how Klebsiella pneumoniae suppresses the body’s defenses
New research published in Cell Reports has shown how the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae suppresses our body's defenses, resulting in it being unable to clear infection. Klebsiella pneumoniae can cause deadly infections such as pneumonia,...
CRISPR-Cas9 Alternatives: Cutting through the Boundaries of Gene Editing
This GENcast is part 1 of a 3-part series on Cas-CLOVER, “the proven alternative to CRISPR-Cas9,” sponsored by Demeetra AgBio—exclusive Cas-CLOVER licensing partner for bioprocessing, synthetic biotechnology, and agriculture. Here I sat down with...
An extrasolar world covered in water?
An international team of researchers led by Charles Cadieux, a Ph.D. student at the Université de Montréal and member of the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx), has announced the discovery of TOI-1452 b,...
SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern emerging from chronic COVID infections, study shows
The coronavirus variants of concern are emerging from chronic, long-term COVID infections in people who may be immune comprised and unable to clear the virus, a new study strongly suggests. Frontiers in Virology published...
Tackling Cybersecurity Threats in the Biotechnology Industry – Technology Networks
With significant investments being made into biotechnology and research and development (R&D), life science organizations are becoming increasingly profitable targets for cybercriminals. Tremendous strides are being made in terms of scientific discoveries and companies...
Visual Memory Impeded When Alzheimer’s Degrades Cells That Cross Brain Hemispheres
Researchers at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT report that Alzheimer’s disease disrupts at least one form of visual memory in mice by degrading a newly identified circuit that connects the...
Your next wooden chair could arrive flat, then dry into a 3D shape (video)
CHICAGO, Aug. 23, 2022 — Wooden objects are usually made by sawing, carving, bending or pressing. That’s so old school! Today, scientists will describe how flat wooden shapes extruded by a 3D printer can...
Two Biotechnology Actions for Invest 2022 – Best Stocks
New secondary markets, such as online broker-dealers, enable retail investors to buy small-cap stocks with minimal upfront financial assets. These trading platforms have made it far easier for smaller investors to invest in biotechnology...
Better seeds and biotechnology can boost Africa’s crop productivity, study finds – Genetic Literacy...
Though Africa has a quarter of the world’s arable land, its crop productivity falls well below the world average, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Much of that is due to poor quality seeds and constraints facing...
The Logical Song: Biolojic Design Reimagines Antibodies into “Smart” Therapeutics
Biolojic Design, based in Tel Aviv and Boston, aims to transform antibodies into intelligent medicinal solutions through computational design. By creating a pipeline of single and multi-specific antibodies that precisely target predetermined epitopes to...
