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Biomaterials Smarten up with CRISPR

August 23, 2019

Programmable CRISPR-responsive smart materials could open the door to novel tissue engineering, bioelectronic, and diagnostic...

Mini Kidneys Grown from Stem Cells Give New Insights into Kidney Disease and Therapies

August 21, 2019

Existing approaches to testing potential treatments through drug screening do not take account of the fact that the genetic e...

Lab-on-a-Chip Drives Search for New Drugs to Prevent Blood Clots

August 20, 2019

Microfluidic tech effectively shrinks a medical pathology laboratory onto a small chip

Green Chemists Find a Way to Turn Cashew Nut Shells into Sunscreen

August 16, 2019

Team is working on techniques to produce useful compounds from wood and other fast growing non-edible plant waste, through a ...

Antiseptic Resistance in Bacteria Could Lead to Next-Gen Plastics

August 14, 2019

Australia-UK researchers identify ancient protein pumps that make bacteria tough to treat—but could be key to new green...

Key to Targeting the Spread of Pancreatic Cancer

August 13, 2019

Researchers discovered that some pancreatic tumors produce more of a molecule called 'perlecan' to remodel the environment ar...

'Bone in a Dish' Opens New Window on Cancer Initiation, Metastasis, Bone Healing

August 6, 2019

Like real bone, the material developed at Oregon Health & Science University has a 3D mineral structure populated with li...

Smartphone Virus Scanner Is Not What You Think

August 2, 2019

A new portable device lets smartphones count real biological viruses

Expanding Functions of Conducting Microbial Nanowires for Chemical, Biological Sensors

August 1, 2019

UMass Amherst researchers tune nanowire properties with peptide 'decorations'

Microbial Manufacturing: Genetic Engineering Breakthrough for Urban Farming

July 26, 2019

New research of MIT's Research Enterprise in Singapore's IRG, DiSTAP, revolutionizes the creation of genetic material, enabli...

Artificial Throat Could Someday Help Mute People 'Speak'

July 25, 2019

Researchers say that, in the future, mute people could be trained to generate signals with their throats that the device woul...

Researcher Discovers How Mosquitoes Integrate Vision and Smell to Track Victims

July 23, 2019

Scientists have found that mosquitoes are changing their hunting routines in response to host cues

Cyborg-Like Microchip Valve Driven by Earthworm Muscle

July 17, 2019

For several decades, researchers have been trying to combine microelectromechanical systems with living material

New CRISPR Platform Expands RNA Editing Capabilities

July 15, 2019

The new system, dubbed RESCUE, allows RNA edits to be made that were not previously possible

Yield-Boosting Stay-Green Gene Identified from 118-Year-Old Experiment in Corn

July 12, 2019

When the gene is turned off, field-grown elite hybrids yield 4.6 bushels more per acre on average than standard plants

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