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Preserving Liquid Biopsy Samples with a Glycoprotein

Microfluidics
Circulating tumor cells, captured in microfluidic devices, die off in a few hours; so means of preserving them is a [MORE]

Perspective on DNA Sequencing

DNA 3D Model
Keep in mind that the Human Genome Project completed its “rough draft” only a dozen years ago; since [MORE]

Altering Gene Expression with Gold Nanorods and a NIR Laser

Gold Nanorods
Japanese scientists have used lipid coated gold nanorods to deliver a gene vector, which when heated with a near [MORE]

330,000 Synthesized Peptides Represent Much of the Human Proteome

Proteome Tools Peptide Chart
A collaboration of German, American and Swiss scientists has created a proteomics structural database of more than [MORE]

Watching Memory as It Happens

Neuronal Activity
Brain mapping has brought forward several big science projects around the world which all have the same goal—i.e. to [MORE]

“Off-the-Shelf” Implantable Artificial Blood Vessels

New Born Lamb
Eight years ago, Doris Taylor at the University of Minnesota grew a beating rat heart from a decellularized [MORE]

Gene Editing’s Newcomers

MiRNA Mechanisms
CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing has created enormous scientific interest and it may soon antiquate itself as researchers around the world [MORE]

Nanoparticles and Lasers to Kill Tumor Cells

In a new approach to laser ablation of tumors, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have used nanoparticles (150 nm [MORE]

Regenerative Medicine Going Clinical

Earlier this year, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine began its new and last strategic plan aimed at shifting [MORE]

Graphene Bionics

Cortical Neurons Grown on Graphene
Biomaterials researchers are constantly looking for substances that can interface with human tissue, such as [MORE]