A new placenta-on-a-chip model has been developed, which can illuminate more about the effects of toxin exposure on fetal ...
Protein design is a hot topic, and despite June’s heatwave, the first London Protein Design Day was full. Full of speakers ...
Zombie’ bacteria, or more specifically the prophages they harbor, continue to synthesize extracellular DNA after they have ...
A novel human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte model could pave the way for personalized treatments for heart failure. McGill University (Montreal, Canada) researchers have ...
An implantable device that uses an electrically powered catalyst to lower blood sugar may offer a drug-free approach to managing diabetes and obesity. Scientists from ETH Zurich (Switzerland) have ...
Self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) vaccines are engineered to replicate within cells, enabling robust and prolonged antigen expression to deliver powerful protection at lower doses. Despite this promise, ...
Scientists used 3D images of the human nucleolus to visualize ribosome assembly pathways inside cells for the first time. For decades, ribosomes have been, quite literally, under the lens of many ...
Scientists have created a soft robot arm capable of  grabbing and moving objects, powered, believe it or not, by algae and ...
Naoki Harikai (right) is a Professor in the Division of Analytical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy at Nihon University (Tokyo, Japan), whose research is rooted in pharmaceutical analytical chemistry, ...