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Researchers use generative AI to design novel proteins
12.5.2023 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed an artificial intelligence system that can create proteins not found in nature using generative diffusion, the same technology behind popular image-creation platforms such as DALL-E and Midjourney. The system will help advance the field of generative biology, which promises to speed drug...
Magnetic bacteria: Microorganisms can help to extract dangerous heavy metals from wastewater
10.5.2023 | Press monitoring
A research team at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) has managed to purify water containing uranium using a special kind of bacteria known as magnetotactic bacteria. The name derives from their ability to react to magnetic fields. They can accumulate dissolved heavy metal in their cell walls. These research findings also shed new...
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Researchers generate cattle blastoids in lab to aid farm animal reproduction
8.5.2023 | Press monitoring
UT Southwestern Medical Center stem cell and developmental biologists and colleagues have developed a method to produce bovine blastoids, a crucial step in replicating embryo formation in the lab that could lead to the development of new reproductive technologies for cattle breeding. Current efforts are hampered by a limited supply of embryos, so...
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New biocomputing method uses enzymes as catalysts for DNA-based molecular computing
5.5.2023 | Press monitoring
From early detection and internal treatment of diseases to futuristic applications like augmenting human memory, biological computing, or biocomputing, has the potential to revolutionize medicine and computers. Traditional computer hardware is limited in its ability to interface with living organs, which has constrained the development of medical...
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Lab-made lungs fast-track drug testing, can replace animal test subjects
3.5.2023 | Press monitoring
Researchers have built a lung in a lab that more accurately emulates the human lung than traditional models, opening the door to the fast-tracking of the discovery and development of drugs and a reduction in our reliance on animals for testing. Lung diseases are a leading cause of death globally. According to the World Health Organization (WHO),...
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Injectable synthetic blood clots stop internal bleeding to save lives
1.5.2023 | Press monitoring
Scientists at MIT have developed a synthetic system that can stem internal bleeding, to help more people survive long enough to reach a hospital after a traumatic injury. Two components come together at the wound to form a clot, without doing so elsewhere in the body where it might be dangerous. Traumatic events like car crashes can cause...
Using mycelium to create a self-healing wearable leather-like material
28.4.2023 | Press monitoring
A pair of biotechnologists at Newcastle University, working with a colleague from Northumbria University, all in the U.K., have developed a way to use mycelium to create a self-healing wearable material. Mycelium is a thread-like structure produced by some types of fungus. Prior research has shown that fungal colonies can arise with intertwining...
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Novel mobile printer creates on-demand, dissolvable vaccine patches
26.4.2023 | Press monitoring
Researchers have developed a mobile printer that creates temperature-stable, dissolvable vaccine patches on demand. The novel device not only does away with vaccine injections, but it would also enable vaccines to be delivered to remote areas. Vaccines, including mRNA vaccines, are fragile biological substances. If they’re exposed to temperatures...
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New gene therapy lowers eye pressure to treat glaucoma
24.4.2023 | Press monitoring
The high eye pressure seen in glaucoma slowly leads to blindness. For some, the first-line treatment, eye drops, doesn’t work. Researchers have used gene therapy to develop a promising new way of treating the high eye pressure associated with glaucoma. Affecting up to 80 million people worldwide, glaucoma is usually caused by raised intraocular...
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Newly sequenced hornet genomes could help explain invasion success
21.4.2023 | Press monitoring
The genomes of two hornet species, the European hornet and the Asian hornet (or yellow-legged hornet) have been sequenced for the first time by a team led by UCL (University College London) scientists. By comparing these decoded genomes with that of the giant northern hornet, which has recently been sequenced by another team, the researchers have...
