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Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria and Sewage

Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to the treatment and control of bacterial infections.

5 Aug 2020

Using Flow Cytometry to Screen Microbes

Thanks to recent developments that have led to improved resolution, flow cytometry can now be applied to the detection and analysis of single-celled microbes.

3 Aug 2020

How are Avalanche Photodiodes Used in Flow Cytometry?

Flow cytometers need a mechanism to turn the light of excited fluorophores into an electronic signal.

3 Aug 2020

Evidence for Stem Cell Transplantation as a Cure for HIV-1

A long-term follow-up study of a second London patient has demonstrated a successful stem cell transplantation from donors harboring an HIV-resistant gene.

3 Aug 2020

What are Sequons?

Glycosylation is a critical protein modification process that is dependent upon the presence of different sequons.

24 Jul 2020

What is Adenosine Kinase?

Adenosine kinase is an important enzyme that regulates both the intracellular and extracellular concentrations of adenosine.

24 Jul 2020

What are Autoantibodies?

Antibodies that specifically react with self-antigens are called autoantibodies.

23 Jul 2020

What are NMDA Receptors?

N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are ligand-gated cation channels activated by an excitatory neurotransmitter, glutamate.

23 Jul 2020

What is Nucleic Acid?

Nucleic acid is essential for all forms of life, and it is found in all cells. Nucleic acid comes in two natural forms called DNA and RNA.

17 Jul 2020

What is RNA Interference?

RNA interference (RNAi) is a key biological process that leads to the silencing of gene expression.

16 Jul 2020

What is Viral Transduction?

Transduction is a biological phenomenon by which genetic material (DNA) is transferred from one bacterium to another by a virus.

16 Jul 2020

What are Cathepsin Inhibitors?

Cathepsins are enzymes (known as proteases) that break down proteins. Cathepsin inhibitors can have important roles in treating diseases.

30 Jun 2020

Monitoring the Stability of Monoclonal Antibodies

A research group have used fluorescence red edge excitation shift (REES) to predict the stability of monoclonal antibodies in the short, medium, and long term.

23 Jun 2020

Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Assess Food Quality

Fluorescence spectroscopy is a useful method for assessing the food quality and authenticity.

19 Jun 2020

Synthesizing Cannabis from Yeast

A team have developed a means of biosynthesizing the major cannabinoids of Cannabis sativa L. in yeast.

19 Jun 2020

What are Choanoflagellates?

This article discusses Choanoflagellates and their use in the study of the evolutionary origins of multicellular organisms.

19 Jun 2020

What is Intravascular Fluorescence?

Intravascular fluorescence, a form of molecular imaging that uses fluorescence to examine arterial walls, is helping to treat heart disease.

19 Jun 2020

Sex-Specific Protein Expression

Research has documented evidence on the effect of sex-specific protein expression and sex differences in various biological functions.

19 Jun 2020

What is Long-Read Sequencing?

Long-read sequencing, also called third-generation sequencing, is a DNA sequencing technique which can determine the nucleotide sequence of long sequences.

19 Jun 2020

What is an Exoenzyme?

Many microorganisms secrete exoenzymes, which are active outside of cells, in order to breakdown various molecules so they can be more easily ingested.

19 Jun 2020