Biotechnology Industry News

Biomedical engineers at Duke University say they have devised a new imaging device capable of measuring both the thickness and texture of the various layers of the retina at the back of the eye...

Azotobacter vinelandii is an obligate aerobic diazotroph with a verified transient ability to reduce carbon monoxide to ethylene by its vanadium nitrogenase. In this study, we implemented an industrially...

Information about immunity to SARS-CoV-2, both in the context of COVID-19 disease pathogenesis and in the context of how to develop a good vaccine, remains limited. But developing a vaccine and predicting...

The only thing better than one new study showing positive COVID-19 vaccine results in monkeys is two studies. Two papers, published back-to-back in Science this week are some of the first to show...

In the bioeconomy, biotechnological processes are replacing processes that rely on fossil resources. Microorganisms and enzymes are being used in targeted fashion as biocatalysts for industrial...

Researchers in Brazil have identified a group of co-expressed genes that are dysregulated in induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neuronal cells from patients with autism spectrum disorder...

Whether smokers have a harder time dealing with a COVID-19 infection remains, like many questions surrounding this disease, a question without a firm answer. Previous data has suggested...

Hundreds of new links have been found between people’s DNA and the heart’s electrical activity, according to a study of almost 300,000 people led by researchers at Queen Mary University...

Genomic selection has become a critical tool for the dairy industry around the world since genomic evaluations were first implemented in the United States and Canada in 2009...

A Duke University research team has identified a small area of the mouse brain that can profoundly control the animals’ sense of pain. Their studies found a specific subpopulation of nerve cells...

A study in mice has found that off-label use of the drug disulfiram (DSF) – more commonly known as Antabuse – which has been used for fifty years to treat chronic alcohol addiction, consistently...

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys say they have discovered that combining immunotherapy with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) eradicated a deadly type of pediatric brain tumor in mice. Their study...

Bioprocessing is undergoing dramatic changes as companies develop new manufacturing strategies; according to Artur Miguel Arsenio, PhD, head of product management at Sartorius Stedim Biotech...

How do cells move? Why do they move? Why do some cancer cells move slowly while others move quickly, causing a cancerous tumor to metastasize and become much more difficult to treat effectively? The answers...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst report that they have developed a novel bioelectronic ammonia gas sensor. The sensor uses electric-charge-conducting protein...

Although all cells in an organism have the same genetic information, not all perform the same function, being as not all of them have the same active genes. Part of these differences in gene...

Every organism has its own family tree. And like any family tree, an organism’s family tree is more interesting if it’s both complete and richly detailed. That is, each member of the family tree...

The U.S., like many countries around the world, is reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, causing significant loss of life as well as considerable uncertainty as to how small companies will survive...

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are planning a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate a form of allogeneic cell therapy for COVID-19, after four out of six patients critically ill with the...

The genetic information within cells makes individuals unique. The cell nucleus has a complex structure that harbors this genetic information. The main component of the nucleus is chromatin...