Gene expression studies can monitor biological processes using a “molecular beacon” (single-stranded DNA, ssDNA), a ...

PHILADELPHIA ­— Cancer cells’ quick moves may make them skilled escape artists. Some cancer cells appear to wriggle away from immune cells trying to gobble them up. These evasive maneuvers — caught on ...

An innovative three-color method for capturing images of mRNA inside live mammalian cells has been developed by UMass Amherst chemists. Because RNA is both incredibly important to human life and ...

The list of winners for this year’s Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition has finally been released, and the contest’s talented photographers once again wow viewers with fantastical images of ...

Automated, reproducible quantification of acridine-orange / ethidium-bromide (AO/EB) live-dead assays: field‐by‐field, image-agnostic, and ready for high-throughput screening. Resolution Enhancement ...

Fluorescent proteins can be turned into qubits within cells and could give us a deeper understanding of biology at the nanoscale level. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Abstract: The incidence of multi-drug resistant bacterial species is rapidly increasing. To avoid antibiotic misuse and further exacerbation of this health crisis, clinicians should obtain a swift and ...

Biologists are very interested in how proteins, lipids and other compounds are organized and interact in systems. Very few organizational details can be gained by using standard transmission-based ...

It has been over 60 years since Osamu Shimomura et al. discovered Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) 1. Since then, the color palette for fluorescent proteins has been extended to span blue through to ...

How to take still and video images of your favorite specimens: from attaching a camera to choosing a digital camera that photographs directly. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...