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Adding antioxidants to cell cultures for efficient production of antibodies

Researchers at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, India, have investigated the effects of oxidative stress on the production of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), and how antioxidants can alleviate this stress to improve their performance.

16 Feb 2023

AutoPLP helps detect mutating pathogenic variants quickly and accurately

As we now know from our experience with the COVID-19 pandemic, the microbes responsible for some infections can rapidly mutate into variants that evade detection and treatment.

16 Feb 2023

Baby kangaroo feces may offer a solution to reduce methane emissions from cattle

Baby kangaroo feces might help provide an unlikely solution to the environmental problem of cow-produced methane.

15 Feb 2023

Researchers discover target enzyme for blast disease

A fungus that plagues rice crops worldwide gains entry to plant cells in a way that leaves it vulnerable to simple chemical blockers, a discovery that could lead to new fungicides to reduce the substantial annual losses of rice and other valuable cereals.

14 Feb 2023

BlueRemediomics aims to synergize marine microbiome data and biobank resources from across Europe

The European Commission has funded the BlueRemediomics project, which will develop novel tools and approaches to cataloguing marine microbiome data and marine culture collections.

13 Feb 2023

Biogas produced from apple pomace could help reduce use of fossil fuels

Scientists at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the Federal University of the ABC (UFABC) in São Paulo state, Brazil, have successfully produced biogas from apple pomace, the pulpy residue remaining after the fruit has been crushed to extract its juice.

10 Feb 2023

New platform to study the feeding behavior of mosquitoes

If watching animals feast on human blood for 30-plus hours isn't your idea of fun, don't worry. The robot can do it.

10 Feb 2023

Novel method enables targeted design of molecules and materials with specific properties

Engineering novel molecules and materials with specific properties can yield significant advances for industrial processes, drug discovery and optoelectronics.

9 Feb 2023

Researchers decipher how common environmental bacterium can digest complex waste

A common environmental bacterium, Comamonas testosteroni, could someday become nature's plastic recycling center.

7 Feb 2023

Structure of amyloid fibers formed by the protein hnRNPDL-2 determined

Using high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), UAB researchers determined the structure of amyloid fibers formed by the protein hnRNPDL-2, which has been linked to limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 3 and concluded that the protein’s inability to form amyloid ﬁbers, rather than aggregation, would be the cause of the disease.

6 Feb 2023

Employing molecular anchor for more effective CAR immunotherapies

Researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital discovered that immune cells with the attached protein boosted the killing of cancer, irrespective of the kind of cancer cell or the type of cancer being targeted.

3 Feb 2023

Spikes protruding from red algae-derived metal-polysaccharide responsible for antimicrobial activities

Antibiotic resistant bacteria are becoming more and more of a concern as traditional sources of anti-microbial treatments become less effective.

27 Jan 2023

Deep-learning model for zinc finger design allows reprogramming of human transcription factors

Researchers at the University of Toronto and New York University have developed a novel technology that can engineer proteins to target any stretch of DNA in the human genome, opening a door toward gene therapies for a broader range of health conditions.

27 Jan 2023

AI develops first-ever functional artificial protein

Scientists have developed an AI system that can produce artificial enzymes from scratch. Even though several of these enzymes’ artificially generated amino acid sequences differed noticeably from those of any known natural protein, they nonetheless performed as well in laboratory testing as those found in nature.

27 Jan 2023

Gene editing made faster than ever before using AI

The first simple production of customizable proteins known as zinc fingers to treat diseases by turning genes on and off might be enabled with the help of an artificial intelligence (AI) program.

From New York University (NYU) 27 Jan 2023

Unboxing the mystery genome black box with the DNA sequencing method

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have described a new DNA sequencing technique that can find out where and how small molecule drugs interact with the targeted genome in a study that was published in the journal Nature Biotechnology.

26 Jan 2023

Researchers use supercomputer to unveil new methods for DNA mosaic recognition

As humans, we each have trillions of cells. And each cell has a nucleus with individual genetic information –DNA – that can mutate to create an abnormality.

25 Jan 2023

Digital microbe database unlocks patient response to treatment

Scientists at the University of Galway, in collaboration with APC Microbiome Ireland, a world-class SFI Research Centre, have developed a database of over 7,000 digital microbes, allowing computer simulations of how drug treatments operate and how patients may respond.

24 Jan 2023

Potential to rectify various disease-causing mutations enhanced by CRISPR-based enzymes

Designing genome editing strategies for each patient’s mutation would be impractical and expensive because many genetic diseases are induced by diverse mutations spread across an entire gene.

18 Jan 2023

Optibrium appoints Steve Yemm as Chief Commercial Officer

New role will lead global commercial strategy and development as Optibrium continues to scale its drug discovery technologies and team.

From Optibrium Ltd. 17 Jan 2023

Biotechnology News and Research

Adding antioxidants to cell cultures for efficient production of antibodies

AutoPLP helps detect mutating pathogenic variants quickly and accurately

Baby kangaroo feces may offer a solution to reduce methane emissions from cattle

Researchers discover target enzyme for blast disease

BlueRemediomics aims to synergize marine microbiome data and biobank resources from across Europe

Biogas produced from apple pomace could help reduce use of fossil fuels

New platform to study the feeding behavior of mosquitoes

Novel method enables targeted design of molecules and materials with specific properties

Researchers decipher how common environmental bacterium can digest complex waste

Structure of amyloid fibers formed by the protein hnRNPDL-2 determined

Employing molecular anchor for more effective CAR immunotherapies

Spikes protruding from red algae-derived metal-polysaccharide responsible for antimicrobial activities

Deep-learning model for zinc finger design allows reprogramming of human transcription factors

AI develops first-ever functional artificial protein

Gene editing made faster than ever before using AI

Unboxing the mystery genome black box with the DNA sequencing method

Researchers use supercomputer to unveil new methods for DNA mosaic recognition

Digital microbe database unlocks patient response to treatment

Potential to rectify various disease-causing mutations enhanced by CRISPR-based enzymes

Optibrium appoints Steve Yemm as Chief Commercial Officer

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