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New Gene-Editing Tool Offers More Precision and Flexibility

Researchers at the University of Sydney have created a gene-editing instrument that is more precise and adaptable than the industry standard CRISPR, which has transformed genetic engineering in biotechnology, agriculture, and medicine.

24 Jun 2024

Ultrasound-Triggered Nanodroplets for Targeted Drug Delivery

Conventional drug delivery is often like cracking a nut with a sledgehammer. Whether the drug is swallowed, injected, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin, it ultimately diffuses to most parts of the body, including those where it isn’t needed – or where it even might cause harm.

22 Jun 2024

Researchers Discover Link Between Ancient Biological Mechanism and Restricted Healthy Hair Growth

University of Manchester scientists have linked one of the ways that cells respond to stressful conditions with restricted healthy hair growth.

22 Jun 2024

Leica Microsystems' Aivia 14 Enhances 3D Multiplexed Image Analysis

Leica Microsystems, a leading provider of microscopy and scientific instrumentation, has released version 14 of Aivia, its flagship image analysis solution.

22 Jun 2024

Study Provides a New Way to Measure Healthy Microbiomes in the Gut and Soil

Focusing on four common diseases – diabetes, heart disease, depression and bowel cancer – new Flinders University research provides insights into the importance of a healthy microbiome balance in the human gut and in the environment.

22 Jun 2024

3D Cell Cultures Improve Drug Screening Accuracy but Show Lower Efficacy for Anti-Cancer Drugs

The existing knowledge on monolayers and spheroid-based cell cultures, including the constituent compounds, and the difference in efficacy during drug screening, especially for anti-cancer drugs targeting cytoskeletal dynamics and cell cycles.

21 Jun 2024

Boron-Mediated Photocycloaddition: Expanding Quinoline's Potential for Drug Development

An innovative synthesis strategy opened up the way to 2D/3D fused frameworks using inexpensive quinolines as feedstock, report scientists from Tokyo Tech.

21 Jun 2024

Christchurch Variant Offers Protection Against Early-Onset Alzheimer's

A scientific story that began with a discovery in just one extraordinary patient is now panning out.

21 Jun 2024

Insect Interactions Speed Up Plant Evolution

Researchers at the University of Zurich have found that plants derive greater benefits from a diverse range of interactions with pollinators and herbivores.

20 Jun 2024

Detecting Auto-Antibodies for Early Identification of High-Risk COVID-19 Cases

Researchers recently discovered that auto-antibodies against their type 1 interferons, crucial immunological signaling proteins, were present in some COVID-19 patients.

20 Jun 2024

Study Reveals Immune Factors Behind COVID-19 Resistance in Some Individuals

As part of the first-ever COVID-19 human challenge study, researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University College London (UCL), Imperial College London, the Netherlands Cancer Institute, and their collaborators examined immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthy adult volunteers using single-cell sequencing.

20 Jun 2024

Tabulae Paralytica: Mapping Cellular Dynamics in Spinal Cord Injuries

Scientists at EPFL have achieved a significant research milestone in the field of spinal cord injuries-;mapping out the cellular and molecular dynamics of paralysis in unprecedented detail with their open-source project 'Tabulae Paralytica'.

20 Jun 2024

Scientists Discover Impact of Mycoviral Infection on Fungicide Sensitivity in Oomycete Pathogens

As detrimental as viruses may sound, they can be helping hands for farmers when it comes to dealing with plant pathogens.

20 Jun 2024

Genetic Insights into Coffee Consumption and Health Implications

Coffee drinking is a heritable habit, and one that carries a certain amount of genetic baggage.

20 Jun 2024

Understanding Collective Cell Behavior in Constrained Environments

Looking under the microscope, a group of cells slowly moves forward in a line, like a train on the tracks.

20 Jun 2024

Genetic Research Fuels Collaborative Red Spruce Restoration Effort

The roots of the project formed during a CASRI conference in 2018 when experts from various organizations learned about red spruce genetic research being conducted by Keller's lab and collaborators at University of Maryland with funding by the National Science Foundation.

20 Jun 2024