Small device contains wells to let small bits of tissue grow, develop, and be studied in real time
08-Apr-2021
Scientists from MIT and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have grown small amounts of self-organizing brain tissue, known as organoids, in a tiny 3D-printed system that allows observation while they grow and develop. The work is reported in Biomicrofluidics, by AIP Publishing.
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Artificial living organisms can move material in swarms and record information
07-Apr-2021
Last year, a team of biologists and computer scientists from Tufts University and the University of Vermont (UVM) created novel, tiny self-healing biological machines from frog cells called "Xenobots" that could move around, push a payload, and even exhibit collective behavior in the presen ... more
Separating beer waste into proteins for foods, and fiber for biofuels
07-Apr-2021
Home brewing enthusiasts and major manufacturers alike experience the same result of the beer-making process: mounds of leftover grain. Once all the flavor has been extracted from barley and other grains, what's left is a protein- and fiber-rich powder that is typically used in cattle feed ... more
Clinical trial in the USA
06-Apr-2021
The first patients with advanced tumors have been treated with a novel antibody-based in a clinical trial in the USA. It uses an invention of the Technische Universität Braunschweig: The team of Professor Stefan Dübel, head of the Department of Biotechnology, discovered a human antibody tha ... more
Biotechnology start-up reaches commercialization stage for its technology
06-Apr-2021
Evonik has made a follow-up investment in the biotechnology start-up In Ovo through its venture capital unit. The investment comes as the young company reaches the commercialization stage for its technology and is bringing its gender-testing machine for eggs to the market. Together with co- ... more
Findings from Johns Hopkins Medicine study have potential implications for understanding cancer cell spread
01-Apr-2021
Working with fruit flies, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have identified a new molecular pathway that helps steer moving cells in specific directions. The set of interconnected proteins and enzymes in the pathway act as steering and rudder components that drive cells toward a ... more
31-Mar-2021
Two years ago, Sebastian Springer, Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Jacobs University Bremen, founded Tetramer-Shop together with scientists from the Technical University of Denmark. Now the pioneer in biomedical reagents for cancer diagnostics, based in Copenhagen, has been so ... more
New tool for cell biology: Würzburg researchers have developed a light sensor with an enzyme function that can be switched on and off with different light colours
30-Mar-2021
The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has already given research a massive boost: One of its light sensors, channelrhodopsin-2, founded the success of optogenetics about 20 years ago. In this technology, the alga's light sensor is incorporated into cells or small living orga ... more
Honor for outstanding research in the field of transcription and gene regulation.
30-Mar-2021
Tthe German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM e.V.) and its cooperation partners, Elsevier and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA), presented the Otto Warburg Medal. Patrick Cramer from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Göttingen, Germany) is being honore ... more
Start-up is advancing its pipeline of novel therapies for oncology and diseases of ageing
25-Mar-2021
PhoreMost Ltd., the UK-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to ‘Drugging the Undruggable®’ disease targets, announced it has completed an oversubscribed £33m ($46m) Series B investment round. The round was led by BGF, the UK’s most active growth economy investor, and included new inves ... more