Novel Technique Shows How Proteins Move out of E. Coli Cells
Scientists at the University of Missouri (MU), who report that they used a new approach to discover how proteins leave the inside of an E. coli cell, say their finding could have important implications...
The GE American Chestnut: Restoration of a Beloved Species or Trojan Horse for Tree...
About a century ago the American chestnut tree was attacked by the introduced fungal pathogen (Cryphonectria parasitica). This fungus drove the chestnut to functional extinction. Now, scientists at the State University of New York...
World Cultural Council has announced the winners of the 2019 Albert Einstein World Award...
Award ceremony to be held in Japan for first time hosted by the University of Tsukuba in the framework of the Tsukuba Conference on Oct. 4, 2019
Credit: COPYRIGHT © 2018 CONSEJO CULTURAL MUNDIAL/ University...
Novel Approach Can Determine the Sources of the Gut’s Microbiome
A team led by UCLA researchers says it has developed a faster and more accurate way to determine where the many bacteria that live in, and on, humans come from. Broadly, the tool can...
IDT unveils latest additions to NGS portfolio at European Human Genetics Conference
Jun 13 2019
As part of its ongoing mission to advocate for researchers in the genomics age, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) will unveil the latest additions to its NGS catalog to the European market at...
We took the two-day, $1,300 ‘biotech for dummies’ class where healthcare executives, HR managers,...
A $US1,325, two-day class class called “Biotech for Non-Scientists” teaches executives, web designers, investors and others who work in or around the healthcare industry about the science at its very core.
Attendees come from some...
CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Used to Engineer Primate Model of Autism
Researchers headed by teams at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to engineer macaque monkeys with germline-transmissible mutations in Shank3, a gene that is...
Rapid rise in Big Data facilitates digital transformation of healthcare
The unprecedented implications of digital health innovations, being co-produced by the mainstreaming and integration of artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and cyber-physical systems (CPS) in healthcare, are examined in a new...
New technology harnesses bacterial jumping genes for precise DNA integration
A new discovery by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons could fix one of the major shortcomings of current gene-editing tools, including CRISPR, and offer a powerful new approach for...
New robust and efficient methods for the production of new peptide drugs
Many important natural products such as antibiotics, immunosuppressants, or anti-cancer drugs are produced by microorganisms. These natural products are often small peptides, which in several cases are too complex for a chemical synthesis in...
