University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers have, for the first time, created stem cell-derived, in vitro models …Read the Rest
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Are mechanical changes in cells responsible for cancer progression?
Your colleagues in chemical engineering have been busy. Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Chemical Engineering …Read the Rest
Beware of viruses bearing gifts
MIT researchers have discovered that certain photosynthetic ocean bacteria should beware of viruses bearing gifts: These viruses are carrying genetic …Read the Rest
BIO says we’re Built to Last
“We commend President Obama’s call for creating an economy that is ‘built to last.’ says BIO President and CEO Jim …Read the Rest
First 3D image of individual protein
At the Molecular Foundry, Berkeley Lab’s nanotechnology research center, When Gang Ren has pushed his Zeiss Libra 120 Cryo-Tem microscope …Read the Rest
Trying to fit a round therapy in a square business model?
The technical feasibility of gene therapy “has been established in multiple diseases and with different technology platforms,” says Dr. James …Read the Rest
Synthetic cell envelope created
Using a novel chemical reaction, University of California, San Diego chemists have created self-assembling cell membranes, the structural envelopes that …Read the Rest
UF researchers develop gene therapy that could correct retinitis pigmentosa
University of Florida researchers have replaced a malfunctioning gene in the eye with a normal working copy that supplies a …Read the Rest
Microbes modified to convert seaweed to biofuel
Scientists from Seattle’s Bio Architecture Lab (BAL) have genetically engineered E. coli to extract all the major sugars in seaweed …Read the Rest
UMLSTP is filling out retail space
The University of Miami Life Science & Technology Park has just signed six retail leases with Balans, Subway, the UPS …Read the Rest

