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cell & molecular biology, techniques

Stem Cells Made Waves in Biology and Medicine
Karen Zusi | Oct 1, 2016 | 6 min read
Since their introduction to the lab, pluripotent stem cells have gone from research tool to therapeutic, but the journey has been rocky.
Gene Editing: From Roots to Riches
Amanda B. Keener | Oct 1, 2016 | 5 min read
Advances in genetic manipulation have simplified the once daunting task of rewriting a gene.
Thirty Years of Progress
The Scientist | Oct 1, 2016 | 1 min read
Since The Scientist published its first issue in October 1986, life-science research has transformed from a manual and often tedious task to a high-tech, largely automated process of unprecedented efficiency.
Wanted: Transcriptional Regulators
Ruth Williams | Aug 1, 2016 | 2 min read
Researchers have designed a screen to find unique molecules, called riboswitches, that determine whether transcription will proceed.
Brain Freeze
Kerry Grens | Oct 1, 2015 | 2 min read
A common tissue fixation method distorts the true neuronal landscape.
Cultural Riches
Anna Azvolinsky | Sep 30, 2015 | 1 min read
Researchers devise new techniques to facilitate growing bacteria collected from the environment.
Inner Ear Cartography
Ruth Williams | Sep 1, 2015 | 2 min read
Scientists map the position of cells within the organ of Corti.
Messages in the Noise
Sarah C.P. Williams | Aug 1, 2015 | 7 min read
After spending more than a decade developing tools to study patterns in gene sequences, bioinformaticians are now working on programs to analyze epigenomics data.
Getting Your Sugar Fix
Kate Yandell | Apr 1, 2015 | 9 min read
A guide to glycan microarrays
Bespoke Cell Jackets
Ruth Williams | Dec 1, 2014 | 2 min read
Scientists make hydrogel coats for individual cells that can be tailored to specific research questions.
Nuclear Cartography
Jeffrey M. Perkel | Oct 1, 2014 | 8 min read
Techniques for mapping chromosome conformation
Entry Requirements
Nicholette Zeliadt | Sep 1, 2014 | 8 min read
Recent developments in cell transfection and molecular delivery technologies
Contributors
Jyoti Madhusoodanan | Aug 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the August 2014 issue of The Scientist.
Hear Ye, Hear Ye
Sarah C.P. Williams | May 1, 2014 | 8 min read
Tools for tracking quorum-sensing signals in bacterial colonies
Tension Tracker
Anna Azvolinsky | Mar 1, 2014 | 3 min read
For the first time, researchers quantify the mechanical forces cells exert on one another.
Inside Information
Abby Olena, PhD | Dec 16, 2013 | 1 min read
Researchers develop a nanobiopsy technique for sampling the contents of living cells.
Proto-Organelles for Synthetic Cells
Ruth Williams | Dec 1, 2013 | 2 min read
Researchers construct lipid-encapsulated compartments within synthetic cells.
Set It and Forget It
Carina Storrs | Mar 1, 2013 | 7 min read
A tour of three systems for automating cell culture
Sperm Shadows
Ruth Williams | Jan 1, 2013 | 2 min read
Tracking the shadows cast by sperm reveals their precise 3-D movements.
Microchannel Masterpiece
Ruth Williams | Dec 1, 2012 | 2 min read
A precision microfluidic system enables single-cell analysis of growth and division.
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