Smart phone health monitoring devices will revolutionize healthcare
Bodily fluids from saliva to sweat may soon be tested using smartphones instead of being sent to a lab, providing real time health insights thanks to a new research collaboration between Australian and Chinese...
The nicotine in e-cigarettes appears to impair mucus clearance
Credit: ATS
June 7, 2019–E-cigarette vaping with nicotine appears to hamper mucus clearance from the airways, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
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Innovations: Making the desert bloom with biotechnology – The Jerusalem Post
THE NATIONAL Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev in Beersheba. (photo credit: DANI MACHLIS)
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Mind the Yap! Single-Cell Transcriptomes Reveal Drivers of Intestinal Regeneration
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USDA proposes new biotechnology regulations to promote ag – AGDAILY
In an attempt to update a 32-year-old process for genetically engineered crops, the USDA proposed a new rule, titled “Movement of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms,” that would protect plant health, promote agricultural innovation, and modernize...
Blink and you miss it: Imaging single cells travelling at the speed of Usain...
The precision and accuracy with which single cells can be analyzed and manipulated has been greatly improved in recent years by the development of microfluidic-based flow cytometry.
Despite its sensitivity, microfluidic flow cytometry is limited...
Opioid epidemic increases number of organs available for transplant
Research shows hearts from overdose donors may be as suitable as any others
Credit: Elsevier
Chicago, June 6, 2019 – The confluence of two major health crises–the opioid...
Irregular Bedtime and Sleep Patterns Put People at Risk for Metabolic Disorders
People who don’t keep regular times for going to bed and waking up could be putting themselves at risk of metabolic disorders including obesity, hypertension, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol, according to research...
World is missing out on biotechnology’s lifesaving benefits, plant scientists warn – Alliance for...
Many tools for tackling global health challenges like malnutrition are already available, but stuck in “development limbo,” according to experts writing in the journal Nature Plants.
Writing with colleagues from Rothamsted Research, Professor Johnathan Napier,...
Scientists successfully carry out gene editing in vivo
Breakthrough research led by Amy Wagers at Harvard University has found that gene-editing cargo can be delivered directly to stem cells while they are in their complex native environment, rather than in a petri...
