Scientists have developed a new tool to trace how the brain clears ‘waste’, uncovering surprising new biology about how it keeps itself healthy. Think of the brain as if it were a house. Insulated ...

Gathering dust from buildings may hold promise as a more efficient way to track viral outbreaks in indoor settings, according to a new study. After collecting nearly 30 vacuumed dust samples from ...

In this week’s biotech bi-weekly, we explore recent product launches, partnerships and publications that have sparked interest in the biotech space, from a new brain organoid assay to presenting the ...

Preclinical study findings may help explain why women are at higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease. A largely overlooked space between cells in women’s brains may hold the key to understanding memory ...

As the annual meeting of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS; NM, USA), this year held in San Diego from the 30th May to the 4th of June, rapidly approaches, we have selected our pick of ...

Optimizing key steps of Southern blotting analysis for detecting transgene integration sites and assessing transgene integrity in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines derived from transposon-based ...

A new nanoscopy technique developed at The Australian National University (Canberra, Australia) has uncovered hidden networks used for cell-to-cell communication, opening new ways to understand human ...

Earlier this month, a cluster of severe acute respiratory illnesses aboard the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). The infections have since been ...

Researchers have developed a drug screening platform to identify compounds that target the primary cause of neurological and psychiatric diseases and disorders, namely protein expression amounts.

A novel RNA sequencing technology enables simultaneous quantification of intracellular proteins and transcriptomes, which could transform cancer research and therapeutics. Single-cell RNA sequencing ...

A new 3D printing method that enables materials to bend, twist, expand or contract on demand inspires ‘artificial muscles’. Nature is replete with slender filaments that bend and coil – from climbing ...