National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory Unites DOE Labs Against COVID-19
To focus its efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic, DOE is bringing the national laboratories together into the National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory.
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Biotechnology
Spider silk made by photosynthetic bacteria
Spiders produce amazingly strong and lightweight threads called draglines that are made from silk proteins.
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Researchers create air filter that can kill the coronavirus
Researchers from the University of Houston, in collaboration with others, have designed a “catch and kill” air filter that can trap the virus responsible for COVID-19, killing it instantly.
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Putting zinc on Bread Wheat Leaves
Applying zinc to the leaves of bread wheat can increase wheat grain zinc concentrations and improve its nutritional content.
Read moreNewly designed ligands for a catalytic reaction to synthesize drugs and useful compounds
Scientists spur advances in the field of drug development by designing a novel strategy to generate useful compounds
Read moreBayer to test new drugs using human heart tissues 3D-printed at Tel Aviv University
Technique permits faster, cheaper toxicological screening of early drug candidates
Read moreTeam dramatically reduces image analysis times using deep learning, other approaches
WOODS HOLE, Mass. – A picture is worth a thousand words -but only when it’s clear what it depicts. And
Read moreCasting a wider net: New system measures brain activity of several zebrafish concurrently
Novel system for simultaneously measuring brain electrical signals from multiple zebrafish opens up path to cheaper and faster drug screening for neurological disorders
Read moreEngineers use ‘DNA origami’ to identify vaccine design rules
In lab tests, virus-like DNA structures coated with viral proteins provoke a strong immune response in human B cells
Read moreExisting drugs can prevent SARS-CoV-2 from hijacking cells
Researchers evaluate how the new coronavirus rewires human proteins for its own replication, and identify several antiviral drugs ready for clinical trials
Read moreProducing a gaseous messenger molecule inside the body, on demand
Method could shed light on nitric oxide’s role in the neural, circulatory, and immune systems
Read moreAnammox bacteria generate energy from wastewater while taking a breath
A type of anaerobic bacteria responsible for more than 50 percent of nitrogen loss from marine environments has been shown
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