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Evonetix commences early access program for DNA synthesised by thermal control on its semiconductor chip

Researchers are invited to apply to receive DNA that has been synthesised using Evonetix’s platform.

From Evonetix 16 Aug 2022

Researchers face challenges with stem cell lines that carry major DNA damage

Stem cells are a type of cell that can be configured to transform into almost any sort of cell in the body. They are presently used in research on organ development as well as in the initial phases of embryo development.

15 Aug 2022

Researchers determine a novel antiviral technique to combat bacteria

Bacteria use a wide range of defense strategies to combat viral infection, and some of these systems have resulted in game-changing technologies like CRISPR-based gene editing.

15 Aug 2022

Parents transmit genetic and epigenetic information to their offspring

The knowledge of what can be inherited from parents and how their life experiences impact children could be completely rewritten if a fundamental finding concerning a factor driving healthy development in embryos were made.

15 Aug 2022

Researchers modify the root structure of plants with synthetic genes

Crops need to be more adaptable than ever as extreme weather events like floods, droughts, and heat waves grow more frequently.

15 Aug 2022

Mount Sinai and Regeneron Genetics Center launch a large-scale genome sequencing project

Mount Sinai Health System and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have launched a new human genome sequencing research project called the Mount Sinai Million Health Discoveries Program with the Regeneron Genetics Center (RGC), part of the industry-leading, New York-based biotechnology company Regeneron.

12 Aug 2022

Circadian clock impacts cell growth, metabolism, and tumor development

Scientists from the University of California, Irvine, have defined how the circadian clock impacts cell growth, metabolism, and tumor progression in a new study.

12 Aug 2022

Fabimycin likely to be an effective treatment for drug-resistant bacteria

Bacteria that cause urinary tract infections are getting more and more resistant to many medications, and they are becoming more and more difficult to cure.

12 Aug 2022

Genetic mapping helps to analyze how cancer cells grow

Acknowledging which cells lend credence to which regions of cancer can help us better understand how a tumor has expanded and developed over time, such as how it has altered genetically.

12 Aug 2022

Biotrophic fungus uses host auxin signaling pathway for its own purposes

Ustilago maydis attacks and reproduces in the aerial parts of the corn plant. At the location of the infection, massive tumor-like tissue growths frequently develop. The size of these galls can exceed that of a child’s skull.

12 Aug 2022

Sample management innovation on tour

Sample management specialists - Ziath announce they will be exhibiting their latest DP5 range scanners and readers at most major laboratory and automation events across Europe over the next few months.

From Ziath Ltd 11 Aug 2022

Self‑pollinating flowering plant quickly loses genetic variation without bumble bees

Without bumble bees, a flowering plant that can self-pollinate lost substantial genetic variation within only nine generations, an experimental study found.

11 Aug 2022

Interseeded cover crops provide nitrogen services in organic corn systems

Fields of amber grain may be the poetic image of American farmland. And it's true that the U.S. grows plenty of wheat. But fields of yellow grain – corn – may be more accurate.

11 Aug 2022

Researchers discover antibiotic resistance genes in M. tuberculosis

More than 10,000 different Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria isolated from 23 different countries were subjected to a thorough investigation, which uncovered new genes linked to resistance to 13 first- and second-line novel and repurposed medicines.

11 Aug 2022