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Researchers engineer new 'smart' repellent surface coatings

Researchers at McMaster University have solved a vexing problem by engineering surface coatings that can repel everything, such as bacteria, viruses and living cells, but can be modified to permit beneficial exceptions.

24 Oct 2018

Researchers uncover new lead for mechanism of action of frontline Type 2 diabetes drug

Canadian and British researchers have discovered how the frontline Type 2 diabetes drug metformin may work to help cells better take up and use glucose.

24 Oct 2018

Researchers to develop new stem cell-based strategies for treating vision disorders

A team from the University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and University of Wisconsin--Madison are launching a project to develop new strategies for treating vision disorders using cells implanted in the retina.

17 Oct 2018

Down syndrome may hold important clues to onset of Alzheimer's disease

At first glance, Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease, two severe brain abnormalities, may seem to have little in common. Down syndrome is a hereditary disease, the source of which has long been recognized--a triplication of chromosome 21.

17 Oct 2018

Scientists create synthetic tissue capable of synchronized beating

A team of chemists at the University of Bristol have developed a prototissue that is capable of synchronized beating when it is heated and cooled.

16 Oct 2018

UB receives £1.78 million to find new therapies for treating heart failure and diabetes

The University of Birmingham has been awarded £1.78 million by the Wellcome Trust for research aimed at finding new therapies to treat diseases such as heart failure, diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders.

29 Sep 2018

Researchers create photoswitchable fluorescent proteins with optical properties

Researchers developed fluorescent proteins that can be controlled by orange and green light. These proteins will help to study processes in living cells. The work was supported by Russian Science Foundation grant, and the results were published in Nature Methods.

28 Sep 2018

Exploring parallels between biological and computing world

RNA-based algorithms can advance cellular computing and enable new biological solutions for healthcare and industrial biotechnology.

26 Sep 2018

New findings show importance of physical forces in tumor metastasis

A malignant tumor is characterized by its ability to spread around its surroundings. To do so, tumor cells stick to the surrounding tissue (mainly collagen) and use forces to propel.

26 Sep 2018

Tomocube introduces new holotomography microscope for live cell imaging

A novel optical microscope utilizing diffraction tomography to generate 3D holographic images of unlabelled live cells is now available from Tomocube. Called HT-1, the new microscope delivers quantitative nanoscale, real-time, dynamic images of individual living cells quickly and simply without any sample preparation.

From Tomocube Inc. 25 Sep 2018

Salk Institute researchers uncover molecular structure of RNA-based CRISPR system

Over the past several years, CRISPR-Cas9 has moved beyond the lab bench and into the public zeitgeist. This gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 holds promise for correcting defects inside individual cells and potentially healing or preventing many human ailments.

20 Sep 2018

New type of fatty acid can slow down overreactive immune system

Sometimes, the body's otherwise intelligent immune system mistakenly attacks the body's healthy tissue by responding to infections that do not exist.

20 Sep 2018

Cancer Research UK invests £14 million to transform London into cancer biotherapeutics hub

The city of London will be transformed into a world leading hub for cancer biotherapeutics research and treatment, with a new £14 million investment from Cancer Research UK, announced today (Monday).

19 Sep 2018

New research aims to engineer neural network from living cells

Will the computers of tomorrow be manufactured, or will they be cultivated? This question lies at the heart of new research from Lehigh University that aims to engineer a neural network--a computer system modeled on the human brain and nervous system--from actual living cells, and program it to compute a basic learning task.

14 Sep 2018

Scientists identify how viral protein promotes fatal disease caused by Nipah and Hendra viruses

Researchers have identified how a viral protein, which plays a major role in causing deadly Nipah and Hendra virus infections, targets a critical function in human cells to suppress immune responses and promote fatal disease.

12 Sep 2018

Chemical signals influence guest-host protocell interactions

Resident artificial cells shown to leave their protocell hosts when triggered by a chemical signal that causes them to behave antagonistically.

7 Sep 2018

Exeter’s new system can probe microscopic environments inside cells

A new system capable of probing microscopic environments inside cells has been installed at the University of Exeter's Bioimaging Centre.

7 Sep 2018

New method may speed up development of novel drugs

Researchers of the University of Würzburg have developed a method that makes it possible to measure the activation of receptors in a very short time. This might speed up the development of new drugs.

6 Sep 2018

Image Cytometry Technology and Tissue Analysis

Image cytometry or tissue cytometry, not only measures the size, diameter and shape of a cell, but quantifies the molecular marker expression.

From TissueGnostics 4 Sep 2018

Arrowhead completes dosing of ARO-AAT Phase 1 study to treat rare genetic liver disease

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that it has completed dosing of a Phase 1 clinical study of ARO-AAT, the company's second generation subcutaneously administered RNA interference therapeutic being developed as a treatment for a rare genetic liver disease associated with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

31 Aug 2018