Rashmi Shivni, Drug Discovery News | May 20, 2023 | 10 min read
George Church is at it again, this time using multiplex gene editing to create virus-proof cells, improve organ transplant success, and protect elephants.
A reference sequence for this emerging model organism will facilitate research on type 2 diabetes and the health effects of circadian rhythm disruption.
The Scientist and Jerome Siegel | Mar 1, 2016 | 10+ min read
Once believed to be unique to birds and mammals, sleep is found across the metazoan kingdom. Some animals, it seems, can’t live without it, though no one knows exactly why.
Motion analysis is the science (or art) of comparing sequential still images captured from photographing a body in motion, for the purpose of studying both the simple kinematics (the motions themselves) and the kinetics (the separate forces) involved. Originally developed in the early 1980s for use in sports medicine, motion analysis involves the recording of visual images of relatively large objects, such as the human body or an animal in movement, via a hardware-software system. Researchers
The COVID-19 pandemic is still with us. Biomedical innovation has rallied to address that pressing concern while continuing to tackle broader research challenges.
The remarkable ability of the star-nosed mole to interpret its surroundings through touch is yielding clues about mammalian sensory processing in general.