Public Release: 5-Jun-2017 Penn State Caption Schematic illustrating the reduced leakage expression, tight drug induced regulation, and retained functionality of new plasmid system in stem cells and differentiated cell types. Top indicates current system being used to induce… Read More ›
. Genetically Modified Organisms
Georgia State neuroscientists rewire brain of 1 species to have connectivity of another
Public Release: 1-Jun-2017 Georgia State University IMAGE: This image shows Giant Nudibranch, Dendronotus iris. Credit: Courtesy of Ralph and Dale Marie Gonzales ATLANTA-Scientists at Georgia State University have rewired the neural circuit of one species and given it… Read More ›
Now you can ‘build your own’ bio-bot
Public Release: 13-Feb-2017 University of Illinois College of Engineering Caption This is a schematic of a bio-bot: Engineered skeletal muscle tissue is coupled to a 3-D printed flexible skeleton. Optical stimulation of the muscle tissue, which is genetically… Read More ›
Passing the chemical Turing test: Making artificial and real cells talk
Public Release: 25-Jan-2017 American Chemical Society The classic Turing test evaluates a machine’s ability to mimic human behavior and intelligence. To pass, a computer must fool the tester into thinking it is human–typically through the use of questions… Read More ›
Rare evolutionary event detected in University of Texas lab
Public Release: 23-May-2016 University of Texas at Austin It took nearly a half trillion tries before researchers at The University of Texas at Austin witnessed a rare event and perhaps solved an evolutionary puzzle about how introns, non-coding sequences… Read More ›
UTMB scientists genetically engineered world’s first Zika virus infectious cDNA clone
Public Release: 16-May-2016 The Zika virus infectious clone is key to rapid vaccine development and unraveling the mysteries of why the Zika virus causes the recent explosive epidemics and birth defects and disease University of Texas Medical Branch at… Read More ›
"Secret" Harvard meeting on synthesizing human genome triggers debate
Source: Xinhua 2016-05-18 02:56:11 WASHINGTON, May 17 (Xinhua) — A “secret” meeting held at Harvard University last week to discuss the possibility of creating an entirely synthetic human genome in 10 years using simple chemicals has triggered debate in… Read More ›
Modified flu virus can ‘resensitize’ resistant pancreatic cancer cells to chemotherapy
Public Release: 14-Apr-2016 Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund A common flu virus could be used to overcome patients’ resistance to certain cancer drugs — and improve how those drugs kill cancer cells, according to new research from Queen Mary University… Read More ›
Tracing the scent of fear
“a new technique that uses specially-engineered viruses to uncover the nerve pathway involved” Public Release: 21-Mar-2016 Study identifies neurons, brain region involved in rodent stress response Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE – The odor of bobcat urine, if you… Read More ›
Releasing engineered genes into the wild
Public Release: 18-Feb-2016 Engineered gene drives and the future Entomologists review pros, cons and regulatory issues surrounding new technology that could help halt the spread of diseases such as Zika virus, dengue fever and malaria University of California – Riverside… Read More ›
