Biotechnology

Paris, France, 10 September 2022 – A new mechanism has been identified through which very small pollutant particles in the air may trigger lung cancer in people who have never smoked, paving the way...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2022.210121 discusses label-free trace detection of bio-molecules by liquid-interface assisted surface-enhanced Raman scattering using a microfluidic chip. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has attracted attention in biotechnology. It...

Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have developed a gene therapy that rescues cilia defects in retinal cells affected by a type of Leber congenital amaurosis...

Lesaffre has acquired Recombia Biosciences after partnering with the biotechnology company since 2020 to develop yeasts for sustainable production of fermented ingredients. Located in Brisbane, Calif., in the San Francisco Bay Area, Recombia Biosciences...

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis recently invented a technique for generating ultrasound waves that can self-bend, like a rainbow. Credit: Chen Lab/WashU Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis recently invented a technique for...

Stakeholders have called on the government to create an enabling environment for biotechnology to thrive in order to build, boost and sustain a national economy. This was noted at a Biosafety and Biotechnology sensitisation...

Researchers from the University of Oxford and their partners have today reported new findings from their Phase 2b trial following the administration of a booster dose of the candidate malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M™ - which...

According to Illumina, FTC Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell rejected the agency’s key argument in fighting Illumina’s planned purchase of Grail: that the deal would lessen innovation in the U.S. market for...

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Scientists at Stanford University report that they have built the most complex and well-defined synthetic microbiome, creating a community of over 100 bacterial species that was successfully transplanted into mice. The ability to add,...