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Study on AEG12 mosquito protein could lead to therapeutics against deadly viruses

Researchers have found that AEG12, a mosquito protein, strongly suppresses the class of viruses causing dengue, yellow fever, Zika, and West Nile.

11 Mar 2021

Comprehensive mutation map helps better understand the biological processes underlying Alzheimer's

A study published in the journal eLife made all the possible mutations in the amyloid beta peptide and tested how they influence its aggregation into plaques, a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.

10 Mar 2021

Adhesion strength and contractility enable metastatic cancer cells to display adurotactic behavior

Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego and San Diego State University have discovered a key feature that allows cancer cells to break from typical cell behavior and migrate away from the stiffer tissue in a tumor, shedding light on the process of metastasis and offering possible new targets for cancer therapies.

10 Mar 2021

New technological approach to rapidly develop new drugs without animal experiments

A team of researchers led by Professor Yaakov Nahmias, director of the Grass Center for Bioengineering at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and founder of Tissue Dynamic, introduced a new technological approach that has the potential to rapidly develop new drugs without the need for animal experiments.

10 Mar 2021

Researchers grow first organoid of bone from human stem cells

Imagine using stem cells from your bone marrow to grow a piece of bone tissue in the lab, after which medical doctors explore which drugs have the desired effect on your bones.

10 Mar 2021

New infrared microscope helps image biological samples at the microscopic level

Scientists have designed a new spectroscopic microscope to optically measure the orientations and conformations of molecules in biological specimens.

9 Mar 2021

Combination technique could efficiently regulate specific cell behaviors

CRISPR is a genetic tool that has been compared with molecular scissors for its potential to cut out and substitute the genetic code inside the DNA.

25 Feb 2021

Setting new standards for the exchange of human omics data

Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and others... The "omics" technologies keep revolutionizing medicine and biomedical sciences.

25 Feb 2021

Cre-controlled CRISPR makes conditional gene inactivation more easier

To discover the function of a gene researchers turn it off and observe the consequences. Often genes have multiple functions that differ depending on a tissue and age.

24 Feb 2021

New technology identifies useful genetic designs more efficiently

Joshua Leonard, a synthetic biologist from Northwestern University, used electronic kits to create devices when he was a child.

23 Feb 2021

Electrochemical sensor for rapid detection of multiple sepsis biomarkers in whole blood

Many life-threatening medical conditions, such as sepsis, which is triggered by blood-borne pathogens, cannot be detected accurately and quickly enough to initiate the right course of treatment.

15 Feb 2021

Advances in cancer research can expand effectiveness of immunotherapy

Scientists are hoping advances in cancer research could lead to a day when a patient's own immune system could be used to fight and destroy a wide range of tumors.

3 Feb 2021

Study shows two phases of wall restructuring after an aneurysm forms

Hitting a pothole on the road in just the wrong way might create a bulge on the tire, a weakened spot that will almost certainly lead to an eventual flat tire. But what if that tire could immediately begin reknitting its rubber, reinforcing the bulge and preventing it from bursting?

27 Jan 2021

Continuous in vitro monitoring could lead to faster, more effective treatments for chronic conditions

A world-first discovery by researchers at Monash University and The University of Queensland could lead to faster and more effective treatments for chronic health complications, such as cardiovascular disease and cancer, with 'fluorescent' in vivo biosensors.

27 Jan 2021

Researchers use heat map data to reverse engineer chromosome models

Genome analysis can provide information on genes and their location on a strand of DNA, but such analysis reveals little about their spatial location in relation to one another within chromosomes -- the highly complex, three-dimensional structures that hold genetic information.

15 Jan 2021

Study shows how the brain navigates places and tracks someone else in the same location

As COVID cases rise, physically distancing yourself from other people has never been more important. Now a new UCLA study reveals how your brain navigates places and monitors someone else in the same location.

24 Dec 2020

Researchers use different colors of light to control gut bacteria genes

Baylor College of Medicine researcher Meng Wang had already shown that bacteria that make a metabolite called colanic acid (CA) could extend the lifespan of worms in her lab by as much as 50%, but her collaboration with Rice University synthetic biologist Jeffrey Tabor is providing tools to answer the bigger question of how the metabolite imparts longer life.

23 Dec 2020

New tantalum-laced composite hydrogel controls excessive bleeding in the body

There are many different events that may lead to excessive and uncontrolled bleeding within the body. This can occur as a result of inflammation and ulcerations, abnormalities in the blood vessels or trauma-related injuries.

23 Dec 2020

Novel microscope could allow surgeons to inspect cancer margins in minutes

When surgeons remove cancer, one of the first questions is, "Did they get it all?" Researchers from Rice University and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have created a new microscope that can quickly and inexpensively image large tissue sections, potentially during surgery, to find the answer.

21 Dec 2020

Subspace mass spectrometry imaging method can accelerate speed of data acquisition

A new computational mass spectrometry imaging method enables researchers to achieve high mass resolution and high spatial resolution for biological samples while providing data sets exponentially faster.

11 Dec 2020

Bioengineering News and Research

Study on AEG12 mosquito protein could lead to therapeutics against deadly viruses

Comprehensive mutation map helps better understand the biological processes underlying Alzheimer's

Adhesion strength and contractility enable metastatic cancer cells to display adurotactic behavior

New technological approach to rapidly develop new drugs without animal experiments

Researchers grow first organoid of bone from human stem cells

New infrared microscope helps image biological samples at the microscopic level

Combination technique could efficiently regulate specific cell behaviors

Setting new standards for the exchange of human omics data

Cre-controlled CRISPR makes conditional gene inactivation more easier

New technology identifies useful genetic designs more efficiently

Electrochemical sensor for rapid detection of multiple sepsis biomarkers in whole blood

Advances in cancer research can expand effectiveness of immunotherapy

Study shows two phases of wall restructuring after an aneurysm forms

Continuous in vitro monitoring could lead to faster, more effective treatments for chronic conditions

Researchers use heat map data to reverse engineer chromosome models

Study shows how the brain navigates places and tracks someone else in the same location

Researchers use different colors of light to control gut bacteria genes

New tantalum-laced composite hydrogel controls excessive bleeding in the body

Novel microscope could allow surgeons to inspect cancer margins in minutes

Subspace mass spectrometry imaging method can accelerate speed of data acquisition

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