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Chinese scientists genetically modify human embryos

HiSeq 2500 Ultra-High-Throughput Sequencing System. The MinION™ device: a miniaturised sensing system - The MinION™ device: a miniaturised sensing system - Technology - Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Pacific Biosciences: Overview www.pacificbiosciences.com. The PacBio RS II is a Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) DNA Sequencing System that provides the highest consensus accuracy and longest read lengths of any available sequencing technology.

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SMRT Sequencing is ideal for de novo assembly, characterization of genetic variation, methylation analysis, microbiology studies, and more. The instrument features high performance optics, automated liquid handling, and an environmental control center, all directed through an intuitive touchscreen interface. The computational brain responsible for primary data analysis, called the Blade Center, is also included. This allows for seamless integration of performance enhancements through chemistry and software advances. The instrument contains three primary user access points: Innovación Mexicana.

Biomedical Modeling Course - Systems Biology Teaching Resources. Jamboree Results for iGEM 2014. Protocols. The project this year is a continuation of last year’s project iGem Tecnológico de Monterrey 2013 in which the team developed a modified Escherichia coli that was able to deliver a pro-apoptotic protein (Apoptin) to kill cancer cells.

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The aim of this module was to address one of the most relevant issues of our past project: the immune response caused by the introduction of bacteria to the blood. Thus, we attempted to remove a significant amount of endotoxins found on the membrane of E. coli in order to prevent and/or reduce the impact of the possible immunological response caused by the bacterial therapy. Escherichia coli and cancer. Team:Tec-Monterrey - 2014.igem.org. About Pathway Studio. Start. Start Sign In Sign In Register © 2015 Broad Institute all rights reserved terms and conditions.

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I-limb ultra revolution. Based on the reliable design of our i-limb™ ultra, the i-limb™ ultra revolution is an externally powered, multi-articulating prosthetic hand offering a range of features beyond the function of the traditional prosthetic hand.

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Features at a glance Powered rotating thumbgrip chips™ communicate via bluetooth technology for immediate grip access to perform a variety of daily tasks (see video demo below).Mobile control app with instant access to up to 36 grip patterns. A New and Efficient Approach to the Synthesis of Nicotine and Anabasine Analogues. EpiBone. Messing with nature: this is the cutting edge of biohacking. In some ways, we're all cyborgs, fusions of human and technology.

Messing with nature: this is the cutting edge of biohacking

London Biohackspace. What is JuicyPrint?

London Biohackspace

JuicyPrint will be a 3d printer that can be fed with fruit juice and can be used to print out useful shapes made of bacterial cellulose, a strong and exceptionally versatile biopolymer. Why bacterial cellulose? Bacterial cellulose is a biopolymer that is very similar to the fibre found in plants. The only difference is that bacterial cellulose is much purer and is made of randomly criss-crossed fibres compared with the regular ‘grain’ of plant cellulose.

Drug Pair Seeker. Enrichr. Tutorial Step 1. Uploading a list Enrichr uses a list of Entrez gene symbols as input. Each symbol in the input must be on its own line. You can upload the list by either selecting the text file that contains the list or just simply pasting in the list into the text box. New copper-based fabric promises germ-free hospital environment. Pet dogs to be used in anti-ageing trial. GenePattern: Home. Complete cardiac transplant. Genes2Networks. A command-line version of this program is available at: This program draws from a large background network consisting of several protein interaction datasets.

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It will take a list of genes you provide as seed genes and identify all interacting genes that fall on paths through the background network between them. Instructions 1. Specify your gene list. Cytoscape: Hands-down Winner for Large-scale Graph Visualization. I still never cease to be amazed at how wonderful and powerful tools are so often and easily overlooked.

Cytoscape: Hands-down Winner for Large-scale Graph Visualization

The most recent example is Cytoscape, a winner in our recent review of more than 25 tools for large-scale RDF graph visualization. We began this review because the UMBEL subject concept “backbone” ontology will involve literally thousands of concepts. Graph visualization software suitable to very large graphs would aid UMBEL’s construction and refinement. Cytoscape describes itself as a bioinformatics software platform for visualizing molecular interaction networks and integrating these interactions with gene expression profiles and other state data. Cytoscape is partially based on GINY and Piccolo, among other open-source toolkits.

GMOs Are Old Hat. Synthetically Modified Food Is The New Frontier. The vanillin made through synthetic biology will be used in flavorings sold in the U.S. by International Flavorings & Fragrances. iStockphoto hide caption itoggle caption iStockphoto The vanillin made through synthetic biology will be used in flavorings sold in the U.S. by International Flavorings & Fragrances. GMOs Are Old Hat. Synthetically Modified Food Is The New Frontier. All Discussions - discuss.biohack.me. Man Implants Giant Computer Into His Arm Without Doctors. EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute. Violinist Still Making Music After DBS Surgery - Mayo Clinic. Biodegradable poly(ether ester urethane)urea el... [Biomaterials. 2004. DNA Strands Used To Create Origami Nanobots Inside Cockroaches. Nanomedicine is an emerging field which seeks to uses nanoparticles for more precise diagnosis and treatment for a wide variety of diseases.

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University have developed a nanobot computer out of DNA strands that were structured to act as a computer circuit. These DNA strands were then injected into live cockroaches in order to perform certain tasks. The research was led by Ido Bachelet and was published in Nature Nanotechnology. S touch-sensitive plastic skin heals itself. By Kelly Servick L.A. Cicero A small piece of the self-healing material is sliced with a scalpel. The researchers say the material repairs itself in about 30 minutes. Nobody knows the remarkable properties of human skin like the researchers struggling to emulate it. Novel Methods to Incorporate Photosensitizers Into Nanocarriers for Cancer Treatment by Photodynamic Therapy. Theranos. SILOS DE AGUA / LLUVIA SOLIDA. En México el gobierno ignora al científico que descubrió la solución contra la sequía.

Un científico mexicano encontró la forma de combatir el problema de sequía en los campos agrícolas, pero su ingenio no encontró eco en las autoridades, por lo que la “lluvia sólida” (un polímero capaz de retener el agua) se comercializa y triunfa en 11 países, no tanto en México donde sólo le desearon suerte. Ésta es la historia de Sergio Jesús Rico Velasco, ingeniero del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), y quien ha sido nombrado como la mente científica más brillante de nuestros tiempos en México, según la revista Discovery, quien creó “Silos de Agua” -como denominó a su invento-, el cual reduce de un 50 a un 90 por ciento el consumo del líquido en la agricultura.

“Para todos es un breviario cultural, un dato curioso, digno de un saludo de buenos deseos y sólo me desean suerte y que me vaya bien, pues dicen que ellos norman los trabajos, pero no pueden promover el consumo de una marca, entonces sólo me dicen felicidades”, indica el científico mexicano. Self–Assembled Peptide Nanostructures for Biomedical Applications: Advantages and Challenges. 1. Introduction Over the last 20 years, self-assembled nanostructures based on peptides have been investigated and presented as biomaterials with an impressive potential to be used in different bionanotechnological applications such as sensors, drug delivery systems, bioelectronics, tissue reparation, among others.

Several advantages (mild synthesis conditions, relatively simple functionalization, low-cost and fast synthesis) confirm the promise of these biological nanostructures as excellent candidates for such uses. BIOCOUTURE. Microbes are "the factories of the future" Resources: Tools: BioSensorLab: Session: 673329 "BioSensorLab" NanoHUB.org Follow us: Need Help? People Behind the Progress at the Cancer Research Institute - CRI. More than 85 percent of patients diagnosed with advanced cancer of the pancreas succumb on average within 6-10 months of diagnosis. Now, patients with pancreatic cancer desperate for new treatment options will potentially benefit from a powerful new technology that uses genetic engineering to turn their own immune cells into “specially trained assassins” capable of finding, attacking, and eliminating pancreatic cancer tu­mors.

With a jointly funded $1.1 million grant provid­ed by the Cancer Research Institute and the Lust­garten Foundation, the nation’s largest private foundation dedicated solely to funding pancreatic cancer research, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania will begin clinical testing of this new immunotherapy, which they anticipate could dra­matically improve patient health based on prior successes with another version of the therapy given to patients with advanced leukemia. Doctors Take A Long Shot And Inject HIV Into Dying Girl. The Reason Why Will Amaze You.

Restriction enzyme calculator. Restriction enzyme calculator. Genomic evidence for ameiotic evolution in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga : Nature. A subtelomeric non-LTR retrotransposon Hebe in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga is subject to inactivation by deletions but not 5' truncations. Structural organization and copy number. Human skin strengthened with spider silk can stop a bullet.

Home : Wyss Institute at Harvard. 9 Implants that make human healthy body even more useful. Cell Size and Scale. Some cells are visible to the unaided eye. Gero Miesenboeck reengineers a brain. Wired Science . Video: Body Builders.

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