Nobel Prize: Physiology or Medicine 2024 - BioTechniques
Oct 8, 2024 · The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros (University of Massachusetts Medical School) and Gary Ruvkun (Harvard Medical School [HMS], both MA, USA) for their discovery of microRNA – small, non-coding RNA molecules – and its role in gene regulation.Revealing new layers of genome regulation. Since their discovery in the 1960s, transcription factors have ...
34th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Winners - BioTechniques
Sep 13, 2024 · The Ig Nobel Prizes find the fun in science, awarding those research endeavors that comically contribute to our understanding of the world in areas such as botany, medicine, biology and chemistry. From discovering that mammals are capable of breathing through their anus to the way peoples’ hair swirls depending on which hemisphere they’re from, this year’s winning research certainly ...
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Is a Syphilis Vaccine on the Horizon? - BioTechniques
Sep 26, 2024 · To address this, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC, USA) carried out TPA whole-genome sequencing on samples from people with syphilis from four countries: Colombia, China, Malawi and the US.. The researchers analyzed the resulting data, compared it to publicly available data and mapped mutations to 3D …
Wearable Sensor for Inflammation Monitoring - BioTechniques
Dec 10, 2024 · A first-of-its-kind implantable sensor can track inflammation continuously in a rat model of diabetes. Researchers at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago and Northwestern University (both IL, USA) have created a tiny implantable microdevice that continuously monitors the concentrations of inflammatory proteins in real time. This sensor could offer deeper insights into inflammatory proteins and ...
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An Update on Immunohistochemistry and Immunofluorescence
Oct 3, 2024 · Immunohistochemistry is a protein-detection technique that uses antibodies to identify antigen markers present in a tissue sample. The antibodies are tagged with enzymatic labels, which activate when an antibody binds to an antigen. This allows the antigens to be visualized under a microscope.
Meet the next generation of portable sequencing - BioTechniques
Aug 28, 2024 · MinION Mk1D is a real-time, portable sequencer that can be used anywhere, lowering the barrier to access genomic information. Utilizing a single MinION Flow Cell, this small device can sequence both DNA and RNA in the lab or in the field, providing immediate results. Find out more about Oxford Nanopore’s MinION Mk1D here. This video […]
Sartorius launches new product: Sartobind® Rapid A Lab
Oct 30, 2024 · Integrates seamlessly into existing workflows and streamlines your process Delivers rapid purification through the industry’s fastest Protein A matrix Reliably captures antibodies with or without a dedicated chromatography system Increases productivity with significantly higher lifetime yield than any resin column Simplifies commercialization on the same matrix that is available in process ...
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