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Researchers Design Artificial Fibers that can Change Shape and Generate Force Like a Muscle

In two new studies, North Carolina State University researchers designed and tested a series of textile fibers that can change shape and generate force like a muscle.

26 May 2023

Imaging Technology Provides New Understanding of Root Chemicals Responsible for Plant Growth

On a sunny springtime stroll through a park, it's easy to ignore the parts of plants that are hidden from view. Plant biologists see things differently.

26 May 2023

Researchers Develop AI Method to Predict Small Molecule Substrates of Enzymes

Enzymes are the molecule factories in biological cells. However, which basic molecular building blocks they use to assemble target molecules is often unknown and difficult to measure.

23 May 2023

New Probabilistic Model Unifies the Generation and Inference for Single-Cell, Spatial Omics Data

UCLA researchers have developed an "all-in-one," next-generation statistical simulator capable of assimilating a wide range of information to generate realistic synthetic data and provide a benchmarking tool for medical and biological researchers who use advanced technologies to study diseases and potential therapies.

12 May 2023

Swarm Intelligence Algorithm Allows Efficient Image-Based Plant Disease Detection

Every year, plant diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, and fungi contribute to major economic losses. The prompt detection of these diseases is necessary to curb their spread and mitigate agricultural damage, but represents a major challenge, especially in areas of high-scale production.

12 May 2023

AI Used to Create 3D Model of 'Postal Workers' in Human Cells

University of Queensland researchers have used artificial intelligence to build a 3D map of key cell components to better understand dementia and infectious diseases including COVID-19.

12 May 2023

Attaching Microbubbles to Macrophages can Create Tracking Images for Tumor Diagnosis

Macrophages, a type of white blood cell, defend the body by engulfing and digesting foreign particles, such as bacteria, viruses, and dead cells.

9 May 2023

Discovering Novel Senolytic Compounds with the Power of Artificial Intelligence

A new publication in the May issue of Nature Aging by researchers from Integrated Biosciences, a biotechnology company combining synthetic biology and machine learning to target aging, demonstrates the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to discover novel senolytic compounds, a class of small molecules under intense study for their ability to suppress age-related processes such as fibrosis, inflammation and cancer.

8 May 2023

Researchers Create a Computational Tool to Gain New Insights From Multi-Omics Data

Despite the astounding advances made in understanding the biologic underpinnings of cancer, many cancers are missing obvious genetic drivers.

5 May 2023

New AI System Could Help Advance the Field of Generative Biology

Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed an artificial intelligence system that can create proteins not found in nature using generative diffusion, the same technology behind popular image-creation platforms such as DALL-E and Midjourney.

5 May 2023

Deep Learning Model for Label-Free Identification of Different Cancer Cells

Cancer cells that initiate metastasis, or the spread of the disease from its primary location, are different from cancer cells that stay in the original tumor. Distinguishing metastasis-initiating cell types can determine the severity of cancer and help medical practitioners decide on a course of treatment.

3 May 2023

PSG® Introduces New Biotech Brand

PSG®, a global pump, metering and dispensing-solution expert and an operating company within Dover Corporation, is proud to announce the creation and launch of its new PSG® Biotech brand.

3 May 2023

Development of Biocomputing’s Third Approach: Trumpet

Biological computing or biocomputing can revolutionize computers and medicine from early diagnosis and internal cure of diseases to futuristic applications like expanding human memory.

2 May 2023

Demonstrating the Great Potential of Prolamin Scaffolds in Cell-Based Meat Production

The National University of Singapore (NUS) research team has successfully 3D-printed an edible cell culture scaffold using common plant proteins, allowing for more inexpensive and sustainable lab-grown meat to be served on the table.

From National University of Singapore (NUS) 2 May 2023

New Technique Uses Microbes for Reusing Mining Waste

Researchers have developed a new mining technique which uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon in the waste produced by mining.

28 Apr 2023

New ‘Artificial Muscle’ Material Could Help Develop Safer Medical Devices, Implants

Whether wriggling your toes or lifting groceries, muscles in your body smoothly expand and contract.

13 Apr 2023

New Method for Improving Gene Therapy With Nanobubbles

Beyond vaccines, mRNA offers immense potential to fight disease, but targeting the genetic material to specific diseased cells is challenging-; requiring a new method.

12 Apr 2023

Danforth Center’s New Semi-Dwarf Teff Cleared by USDA

A pre-market regulatory status review conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has concluded that teff modified by genome editing to have a semi-dwarf stature is not subject to biotechnology regulation under USDA's SECURE Rule.

5 Apr 2023

New nanoparticles can deliver mRNA encoding CRISPR/Cas9 components to the lungs

Engineers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have designed a new type of nanoparticle that can be administered to the lungs, where it can deliver messenger RNA encoding useful proteins.

31 Mar 2023

Myeloid cells contribute to a long-lived HIV reservoir, study shows

A subset of white blood cells, known as myeloid cells, can harbor HIV in people who have been virally suppressed for years on antiretroviral therapy, according to findings from a small study supported by the National Institutes of Health.

28 Mar 2023

Device / Technology News

Researchers Design Artificial Fibers that can Change Shape and Generate Force Like a Muscle

Imaging Technology Provides New Understanding of Root Chemicals Responsible for Plant Growth

Researchers Develop AI Method to Predict Small Molecule Substrates of Enzymes

New Probabilistic Model Unifies the Generation and Inference for Single-Cell, Spatial Omics Data

Swarm Intelligence Algorithm Allows Efficient Image-Based Plant Disease Detection

AI Used to Create 3D Model of 'Postal Workers' in Human Cells

Attaching Microbubbles to Macrophages can Create Tracking Images for Tumor Diagnosis

Discovering Novel Senolytic Compounds with the Power of Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Create a Computational Tool to Gain New Insights From Multi-Omics Data

New AI System Could Help Advance the Field of Generative Biology

Deep Learning Model for Label-Free Identification of Different Cancer Cells

PSG® Introduces New Biotech Brand

Development of Biocomputing’s Third Approach: Trumpet

Demonstrating the Great Potential of Prolamin Scaffolds in Cell-Based Meat Production

New Technique Uses Microbes for Reusing Mining Waste

New ‘Artificial Muscle’ Material Could Help Develop Safer Medical Devices, Implants

New Method for Improving Gene Therapy With Nanobubbles

Danforth Center’s New Semi-Dwarf Teff Cleared by USDA

New nanoparticles can deliver mRNA encoding CRISPR/Cas9 components to the lungs

Myeloid cells contribute to a long-lived HIV reservoir, study shows

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