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CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Accelerated Using Light-Sensitive Nucleotides

• Posted on 19th June 2020

The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool is showing great promise for correcting genetic defects, but one problem with this treatment is…

Natural Killer Immune Cells Edited to Improve Effectiveness at Targeting Cancer Cells

• Posted on 18th June 2020

When a foreign invader enters the body, natural killer (NK) cells of…

DNA Base Editors Used to Correct Gene Mutation that Causes Deafness

• Posted on 11th June 2020

A team of researchers has corrected a recessive gene mutation that causes…

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Researchers Develop Scaffold that Inhibits MicroRNA Activity to Accelerate Bone Repair

• Posted on 19th June 2020

A team of researchers at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences demonstrated inhibition of microRNAs accelerates bone repair…

Dexamethasone Reduces COVID-19 Mortality Rate by up to One Third for Patients Requiring Oxygen

• Posted on 18th June 2020

A large-scale clinical trial in the United Kingdom has shown that the…

Researchers use Squid Proteins to Control Transparency of Human Cells

• Posted on 5th June 2020

Image: Chatterjee et al, Nat. Commun, 2020 Certain cephalopods have the ability…

Biomedical Discoveries

Natural Killer Immune Cells Edited to Improve Effectiveness at Targeting Cancer Cells

• Posted on 18th June 2020

When a foreign invader enters the body, natural killer (NK) cells of the immune system are mobilized and attack the…

Chinese Scientists Isolate Pair of Human Antibodies that Neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 Virus

• Posted on 14th May 2020

Scientists in China have isolated a pair of neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2,…

New Tool Developed That Allows Rare Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells to be Studied

• Posted on 9th May 2020

A tool that was developed to study nerve cells in flies has…

Biotechnology News

CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Accelerated Using Light-Sensitive Nucleotides

• Posted on 19th June 2020

The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool is showing great promise for correcting genetic defects, but one problem with this treatment is…

Researchers Develop Scaffold that Inhibits MicroRNA Activity to Accelerate Bone Repair

• Posted on 19th June 2020

A team of researchers at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health…

DNA Base Editors Used to Correct Gene Mutation that Causes Deafness

• Posted on 11th June 2020

A team of researchers has corrected a recessive gene mutation that causes…

Diagnostics News

Low-Cost Retinal Imaging Device Could be Used to Detect Alzheimer’s Disease

• Posted on 20th May 2020

A novel imaging device has been created by biomedical engineers at Duke University that could be used in a non-invasive…

U.S Food and Drug Administration Approves First CRISPR Test for SARS-CoV-2

• Posted on 14th May 2020

During a public health emergency, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

Advanced Cross-Nanowire Networks Developed that Could Revolutionize Medical Imaging

• Posted on 9th May 2020

Recent advances have been made in nanowire fabrication that could allow tiny…

Disease Research News

Dexamethasone Reduces COVID-19 Mortality Rate by up to One Third for Patients Requiring Oxygen

• Posted on 18th June 2020

A large-scale clinical trial in the United Kingdom has shown that the steroid dexamethasone decreases the rate of death in…

Researchers Discover Gene Essential to the Survival of AML Stem Cells

• Posted on 5th June 2020

Researchers in Sweden have identified a gene that is essential for the…

Researchers Develop New Model of Liver Cancer Stem Cells Developed from IPSCs

• Posted on 27th May 2020

Researchers at Okayama University have identified the conditions under which normal liver…