Life Science Articles

RSS

Why is Rosewood so Expensive?

Rosewood is one of the most exploited species of trees, and its value continues to increase. This article looks at why rosewood is so expensive.

25 Feb 2020

Future of Lab Automation

Over the past several decades, automation has become more commonplace in laboratories around the world, with manual processes being replaced by machines.

25 Feb 2020

Challenges with Standardization in Lipidomics

Lipidomics is the characterization of cellular lipids. This article looks into the challenges in standardization in lipidomics.

25 Feb 2020

Applying NMR to Study Small-Molecule Interactions in Drug Discovery

NMR is very useful in analyzing small-molecule interactions. This article investigates its application in drug discovery.

25 Feb 2020

Role of Macrophages in Cancer

Macrophages are a type of leukocyte that have the ability to engulf and digest cellular debris, and foreign substances in a process called phagocytosis.

25 Feb 2020

How does the Keto Diet Affect the Immune System?

The ketogenic diet is a low-carbohydrate and high-fat diet.

25 Feb 2020

Developing Antibodies Using Yeast

Yeast surface display is a powerful tool used for isolating and engineering antibodies, increasing their specificity, affinity, and stability.

25 Feb 2020

Antibody-Antigen Recognition- How Does it Work?

Innate immunity is developed in utero and present at birth. Adaptive or acquired immunity is developed as an individual is exposed to antigens.

25 Feb 2020

Advances in Scanning Electron Microscopy

Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) have been used for centuries. This article looks at the advancements of SEM over the years.

24 Feb 2020

What is a Gene Mutation?

Genetic mutations refer to a molecular change to the amino acids that make up DNA, responsible for coding for our genes.

24 Feb 2020

Role of NPSR1 Gene in Sleep

One in three Americans fails to get enough sleep each night, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

24 Feb 2020

Comparison Between Metabolic Target Analysis and Metabolic Profiling

Metabolic target analysis and metabolic profiling are two techniques in the field of metabolomics that generate profiles of the metabolites within a sample.

24 Feb 2020

Challenges with Lab Automation

Lab automation processes have been implemented in institutions across the globe to reap the numerous benefits of removing human staff from repetitive tasks.

24 Feb 2020

Analyzing Proteomes Using LC-MS/MS

Liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) is an advanced analytical chemistry technique that has many applications across the field of biology.

24 Feb 2020

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent progenitor stromal cells.

24 Feb 2020

Using Apps to Analyze Immunohistochemistry Results

Today, smartphone apps exist for almost every need, summed up in Apple’s trademarked slogan “There's an app for that” which began running in 2009.

24 Feb 2020

Importance of Blood Serum Calorimetry in Lung Cancer Treatment

A team of scientists conducted a study demonstrating that blood serum calorimetry can be used to indicate the chemotherapeutic efficacy in lung cancer.

24 Feb 2020