Bioengineering
Striking gold with black, brown and red rice
Fundamental research offers opportunities for new varieties of pigmented rice and a resource to address malnutrition.
Subject: Bioengineering
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Milking molecules from microbes
Selective membranes allow harvesting and concentration of valuable molecules from cultured microbes.
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Turning up the heat to unlock Cas13’s potential
A newly identified heat-stable Cas13 enzyme could lead to improved diagnostics and new biotechnological applications.
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Silencing tool quashes gene activity across generations
Genomic defense mechanism harnessed to manipulate gene activity in worms.
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Compact CRISPR system enables portable COVID-19 testing
Miniature RNA-cutting protein harnessed for diagnostics and therapeutics.
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3D printing frames a restoration for coral
Providing 3D-printed structures can help coral reefs recover faster.
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Gel drops for regenerative medicine
Tiny drops that resemble an extracellular matrix can be used to culture cells for delivery into the human body.
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Keeping a vigilant watch on SARS-CoV-2
New lateral flow test Vigilant is cheaper, easier to use and as reliable as the current gold standard PCR test for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Skeletal scaffold supports bone cells and blood vessels
3D models of bone formation provide a tool for tissue engineering, biomedical research and drug testing.
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Coronavirus testing made quick and easy
New diagnostic technique could help contain the spread of COVID-19 and other viral outbreaks.
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Ultrashort peptides go a long way for tissue engineering
A printable hydrogel made of ultrashort peptides could help shape cells into viable tissues.
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Rules of resistance against transgene silencing
A new protocol brings the precise standards of engineering to the realm of synthetic biology.
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For quick COVID-19 testing, iSCAN can
A new test kit could enable quick and effective COVID-19 tests for people arriving at airports.
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A salt solution toward better bioelectronics
A water-stable dopant enhances and stabilizes the performance of electron-transporting organic electrochemical transistors.
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Better plant edits by enhancing DNA repair
A protein hijacked from a bacterial pathogen helps to facilitate more precise genome editing in plants.
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Plastic biosensor finds sweet success
Medical diagnostic device extracts energy from sugars naturally present in the body to drive its glucose-sensing circuitry.
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From head to tail in search of piRNAs
Small non-coding RNAs thought to be found in testes are also present in the adult mouse brain.
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Pathogens hitch a lift on host’s metabolism
A new computational framework shows how pathogens interact with host cells at the metabolic level.
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Finding patterns in big data
A statistical approach that can find patterns in large data sets, even in the event of missing or incorrect figures, is proving useful from genomic studies through to planning a marine reserve.
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Decoding noncoding sequences
Evolution has left alone the protective functions of noncoding sequences of the human genetic blueprint.