Scientists have identify critical spots on the genome where gene editing could cause an unwanted response, and they provide recommendations for safer approaches.
For the purpose of personalised therapies, researchers have used 3D printing to develop tablets based on different types of starch, and has confirmed that drug release could be tailored by optimising the right starch type and tablet shape.
For the first time, scientists have been able to act physically on chromosomes in living cells. By subjecting the chromosomes to different forces using magnets, they discovered that chromosomes are in fact very fluid - almost liquid - outside cell division phases.
Photoswitching fingerprint analysis is a unique technology that for the first time allows the analysis of molecular processes and the regulation of individual proteins in living cells with sub-10 nm spatial resolution.
The researchers identified a library of synthetic polymers and screened them for their ability to induce biofilm formation in E. coli, a bacterium that is one of the most widely studied micro-organisms, and commonly used in biocatalysis.
This highly innovative nano-robot should enable closer study of the mechanical forces applied at microscopic levels, which are crucial for many biological and pathological processes.
