Biological Sciences
One of the great mysteries of life is how it began. What physical process transformed a nonliving mix of chemicals into something as complex as a living cell? For more than a century, scientists have struggled to reconstruct the key first steps on the road to life.
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Biologists at UC San Diego have succeeded in genetically engineering algae to produce a complex and expensive human therapeutic drug used to treat cancer.
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Just like the bones that hold up your body, your cells have their own scaffolding that holds them up. This scaffolding, known as the extracellular matrix, or ECM, not only props up cells but also provides attachment sites, or “sticky spots,” to which cells can bind, just as bones hold muscles in place.
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Scientists at the University of Bath are working with industry and the Research Complex at Harwell to develop a new suite of fluorescent nanoparticles to enable a straightforward multiplexing technology for immunoassays and cell and tissue imaging.
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Electrophoresis relies on a basic process — particles moving in an electric field.
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The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences has announced the establishment of a pre-competitive, multi-organization partnership designed to advance an integrated systems biology approach to toxicity testing research.
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With a new research center, Stanford scientists from across campus will join a new "information age of genomics." The goal is nothing short of improving human well-being.
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Troubleshooting, scheduling, communicating, and consulting are just part of lab manager Lisa Wright's many responsibilities
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Study shows mixing oil with dispersant increased toxicity to Gulf’s ecosystems.
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A research team at the Georgia Institute of Technology has received a $2.7 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop technology intended to help address the challenges of “big data” – data sets that are both massive and complex.
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Dr. Amanda Capes-Davis, an independent cell culture consultant and founding manager of CellBank Australia, talks to contributing editor Tanuja Koppal, PhD, about the imperative need to establish best practices in a cell culture laboratory.
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