Cell Culture – News and Features

Research has found that therapeutic phages can be detected by epithelial cells of the human respiratory tract and elicit an immune response. These findings suggest that human–host interactions should be a key factor when designing phage therapies.

While probing the inner workings of cells, Dr. Britt Adamson, assistant professor of molecular biology at Princeton University, and colleagues discovered a way to boost the efficiency of prime editing.

Plant-derived nanoparticles, including those from rice bran, could be used as alternatives to traditional cancer treatments.

Observing proteins precisely within cells is extremely important for many branches of research but has been a significant technical challenge. A research group has now overcome this hurdle: With a novel method.

Dr. Heiko Rischer, head of plant biotechnology at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, breaks down the promise of bioreactor-brewed coffee.

Human mini-lungs can mimic the response of animals when exposed to certain nanomaterials. Though not expected to replace animal models completely, human organoids could soon lead to significant reductions in research animal numbers.

At ELRIG’s Research & Innovation 2024 event, Technology Networks spoke to Dr. Véronique De Conto, project leader in in vitro pharmacology at HCS Pharma, to learn more about their powerful tools for in vitro metastasis propagation.

Gain advice on building a career in science podcasting, overcoming "failure" in academia and thriving as a woman in science with the hosts of "This Podcast Will Kill You", Dr. Erin Welsh and Dr. Erin Allman Updkye.

Important differences in how the nasal cells of young and elderly people respond to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, could explain why children typically experience milder COVID-19 symptoms, finds a new study.

Researchers have recently found a way to create more physiological connections between lab-grown "neural organoids," an experimental model tissue in which human stem cells are grown into three-dimensional developmental brain-mimicking structures.