Inventia Life Science and BioLamina partner to advance cell matrices for complex 3D cell...
24 August 2021 — Inventia Life Science, together with BioLamina AB, a Swedish biotechnology company leading in matrix biology and cell culture-based research, have entered into a partnership in order to supply 3D cell...
Social connection drives learning in bird brain
In learning to communicate, a good teacher is essential. Take zebra finches, for example. Juveniles of the species learn songs directly from a tutor – usually their father – through a social interaction that...
Great Greeks of international biotechnology – Kathimerini English Edition
Dr Simos Simeonidis grew up in Athens. His father died of a heart attack at the age of 49, and his mother, although it would mean being separated from her only son, encouraged him...
Gene Therapy Rescues Malfunctioning Inner Ear Hair Cells in Mice
Researchers from the Salk Institute and the University of Sheffield completed a study that they say shows promise for the development of gene therapies to repair hearing loss. In developed countries, about 80 percent...
DREADDful mimicry
How do signals from outside the cell cause a response inside it? Such outside signals could be hormones or neurotransmitters. To notice them, the cell’s surface possesses receptors. One of the key classes of...
Cemvita Is Fighting Climate Change with Synthetic Biology
Cemvita Factory is on a mission to combat climate change using cost-effective, low-carbon solutions that have a net positive impact on the environment. The Houston-based biotech firm is a synthetic biology platform company whose...
Tattarang launches $250 million biotechnology fund, Tenmile – WAtoday
Billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest is on the hunt for Australia’s next biotech household name with the launch of a $250 million venture capital fund for healthcare investments.The fund, called Tenmile, will be backed by...
Experimental verification on steering flight of honeybee by electrical stimulation
A research paper by scientists at the Beijing Institute of Technology verified the steering control effect of honeybee by applying electrical stimulation on the unilateral optic lobe.
Credit: Jieliang Zhao, Beijing Institute of Technology
A research...
The Mugglehead technology roundup: biotechnology edition – Mugglehead
There’s usually some confusion over just what biotechnology is. For the sake of brevity, we can think of biotechnology as a broad term that applies to all practical uses of living organisms, from microorganisms...
UTA researcher explores integration and power electronic regulation of batteries for Navy
As the U.S. Navy looks to the future, it continues to seek ways to integrate AC and DC sources and loads on board its next-generation power systems.
Credit: UT Arlington
As the U.S. Navy looks to...
