‘Last resort’ antibiotic pops bacteria like balloons
Scientists have revealed how an antibiotic of ‘last resort’ kills bacteria.
Credit: IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
Scientists have revealed how an antibiotic of ‘last resort’ kills bacteria.
The findings, from...
Neutralizing Antibodies Making Their Mark in Next Wave of Biologics
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In the last couple of years, there has been heightened interest in the development of Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) as therapeutics as they have shown great promise in the treatment of serious or untreatable...
Technique to automatically discover simulation configurations for behaviors hard to test
Automated search for “various situations” encountered in automated driving
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The research team led by Fuyuki Ishikawa at the National Institute of Informatics...
Govt Has Critical Role In Funding Biotechnology Research | Scoop News – Scoop.co.nz
Monday, 3 May 2021, 9:55 amPress Release: Make Lemonade Government has a critical role in funding biotechnology
research for the benefit of all Kiwis, BiotechNZ executive
director Dr Zahra Champion says.Governments worldwide
should invest in...
A glimmer of hope: New weapon in the fight against liver diseases
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Niigata, Japan–Researchers from Niigata University , the University of Tokyo, Osaka University and Tokyo Medical University, Japan have developed a new approach that could...
Too much salt affects the functioning of phagocytes
For many of us, adding salt to a meal is a perfectly normal thing to do. We don't really think about it. But actually, we should. As well as raising our blood pressure, too...
Retrons Display Genome Editing Strengths Even CRISPR Might Envy
Retron-based genome editing has been inviting comparisons with CRISPR-based genome editing, especially since researchers have learned that retrons, like CRISPR systems, function as a sort of immune system in bacteria. However, the comparisons may...
New methods: Faster, safer, greener
Chemist from the University of Göttingen receives ERC Advanced Grant
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Professor of Chemistry, Lutz Ackermann from Göttingen University has received an Advanced Grant from...
Ultra-High Field MRI Provides a Closer Look of the Hippocampus in Down Syndrome
Has a certain smell ever triggered a memory from your childhood? The hippocampus plays a part in that connection as it plays a critical role in the formation, organization, and storage of new memories...
A Step Toward Light Therapy: Discovery of Indigo Ion Channel Switch Expands Optogenetic Toolkit
Channels with walls of protein through which charged atoms cruise across biological barriers are called ion channels. Scientists have discovered a new ion channel that can be switched on and off by indigo blue...
