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Optimising biopharmaceutical processes with respiratory gas analysis
Even small changes in oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations can have a significant impact on the final biotherapeutic, meaning that processes must be closely monitored at every stage. [ + ]
Can AI fix the life sciences reproducibility crisis?
Researchers may be able to address the reproducibility crisis in the future by using AI to develop life science experiments in a cloud laboratory environment. [ + ]
Toxic VOCs released from consumer products
Many common products like shampoos, body lotions, cleaners, mothballs and paint removers contain toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs). [ + ]
Australia's first 'biopharm' set to develop biologics
QUT has taken a critical step towards establishing Australia's first 'biopharm' to make life-saving medicines and vaccines in plants. [ + ]
Bioengineering tiny hearts offers insight into heart disease
An Australian research team has succeeded in introducing a vascular system into tiny beating model human heart muscles. [ + ]
tRNA biomarkers used for cancer diagnosis and prognosis
Spanish researchers have developed a new method to measure tRNA abundances and their modifications in a simple, cost-effective manner. [ + ]
Music can help to prevent cognitive decline
Practising and listening to music can alter cognitive decline in healthy seniors by stimulating the production of grey matter. [ + ]
C. diff's powers of antibiotic resistance revealed
A species of ordinary gut bacteria that we all carry flourishes when the intestinal flora is knocked out by a course of antibiotics. [ + ]
Plant scaffolds created for cultured meat
Researchers have 3D-printed an edible cell culture scaffold using common plant proteins, allowing for more sustainable lab-grown meat. [ + ]
Cognitive decline slowed in Alzheimer's drug trial
The phase 3 drug trial from Eli Lilly and Company indicated significantly slowed cognitive and functional decline in people with early symptomatic Alzheimer's. [ + ]
Prime editing could treat sickle cell disease
A programmable gene editing technology called prime editing can correct the mutation that causes sickle cell disease, in a potentially curative approach. [ + ]
Transforming life sciences and health care with graph technology
Graph technology can help life sciences users integrate and analyse large, complex datasets, leading to better drug discovery, disease diagnosis and personalised treatments. [ + ]
Opportunities for biotech await in the Amazon rainforest
As deforestation continues in the Amazon rainforest, humanity could permanently lose an untold number of life-changing drugs. [ + ]
New image shows a black hole expelling a powerful jet
Astronomers have observed for the first time, in the same image, the shadow of the black hole at the centre of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87) and the powerful jet expelled from it. [ + ]
Frequency comb breathalyser detects COVID-19
Researchers have upgraded a breathalyser based on Nobel Prize-winning frequency comb technology and combined it with machine learning to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection. [ + ]