From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has offered insight into how Staphylococcus ...

While nature has evolved enzymes to carry out a vast array of chemical transformations, selecting the ideal protein to initiate an enzyme engineering campaign often presents a significant challenge, ...

Understanding cellular processes requires tools to measure and manipulate biomolecules in living systems. Self-labeling tags, such as the HaloTag, enable the ...

Wearable technologies have great potential in health monitoring and disease diagnostics. As a consequence, interest in the study of wearable sensors has dramatically increased over recent years.

An effective, noninvasive glucose monitoring technology could be a pivotal factor for addressing the major unmet needs for managing diabetes mellitus (DM). Here, we describe a skin-worn, disposable, ...

About 15 years ago, David Liu, PhD, a young chemistry professor at Harvard University, launched an unusually profitable extracurricular activity. Every few months, he’d accompany a handful of students ...

Microglial cells are key players in the primary immune response of the central nervous system. They are highly active and motile cells that chemically and mechanically interact with their environment.

The term 'zymography' denotes the visualization of enzymatic activity by substrate conversion. Zymography was introduced in 1962, when Gross and Lapière developed an assay for detecting collagen ...