It is safe to say that the gene editing technique CRISPR-Cas9 has shaken the science world. When something this great comes along, it pushes the field around it. Scientific progress is accelerated in ...

Despite recent advancements, many highly sensitive diagnostic tests for viral diseases still require complicated techniques to prepare a sample or interpret a result, making them impractical for point ...

Despite recent advancements, many highly sensitive diagnostic tests for viral diseases still require complicated techniques to prepare a sample or interpret a result, making them impractical for point ...

In a recent study published in ACS Central Science, researchers used a luciferase-independent luminescence test to investigate whether the wild-type severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

Despite recent advancements, many highly sensitive diagnostic tests for viral diseases still require complicated techniques to prepare a sample or interpret a result, making them impractical for point ...

THE FACTS: A protein used in some COVID-19 vaccine research is stirring up bogus conspiracy theories on social media as widespread posts claim the harmless enzyme luciferase has satanic associations. ...

De novo enzyme design has been used, primarily, in efforts to introduce active sites and substrate-binding pockets. Now, for the first time, scientists have used machine learning to create brand-new ...

Common sense says that biotechnology is not child's play, but to former surgeon Bruce Bryan, it is. Bryan founded Pinetop, Ariz.-based Prolume to develop a line of glow-in-the-dark toys based on the ...

Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is a promising alternative to conventional small-molecule drugs. Rather than inhibiting a single enzyme’s function, degrader molecules label selected ...