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In Vitro
In Vitro: refers to a medical test or experiment/procedure that is conducted in a laboratory within the confines of a test tube or laboratory dish. This is not to be confused with the term in vivo, which is a medical test or procedure that is performed on or in a living organism.
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AUG 24, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, it’s often not the primary tumor that has fatal consequences ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 19, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Since Shinya Yamanaka developed a method to create stem cells from regular adult skin cells using genetic reprogramming ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
If bacteria, usually Escherichia coli, get into the urethra, they can cause a urinary tract infection (UTI). These are s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of engineers from MIT and Harvard University has developed a COVID diagnostic device with a tiny footprint but hu ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 05, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Preterm births—when the baby is born fewer than 37 weeks gestational age—are very common. Experts estimate o ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 20, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Fingertips have thousands of sweat-producing glands, churning out anywhere from 100 to 1,000 times more sweat than other ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 05, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
In human cells, lengthy strands of DNA have to be carefully organized and compacted so they'll fit into the nucleus; our ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have built a minimally invasive, ultra-thin, inflatable spinal cord stimula ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 17, 2021Immunology
T cells form a major part of our immune defenses, protecting us against the constant barrage of potentially pathogenic p ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 17, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a wave of new technologies for rapid viral diagnostics, given just how critical ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 16, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists at King’s College London have identified a single biomarker that can be used to diagnose a range of neu ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 02, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene activity has to be carefully controlled by cells so that they maintain their identity and continue to carry out the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
A new digital platform, developed by researchers at the University at Buffalo, is answering the question: what’s o ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 25, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Protein synthesis, protein engineering, and synthetic biology researchers can research their protein of interest using e ...Sponsored By: Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.MAY 24, 2021Cardiology
Scientists that study human disease have long had to rely on animal models or cell culture platforms in which cells grew ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Over 1.5 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide, but SARS-CoV-2 variants are now threatening efforts to ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 20, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Forget lab-based tests—a new portable microfluidic device links to a mobile app, diagnosing gonorrhea in just 15 m ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 20, 2021Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR genome editing generates double-stranded breaks (DSBs) in genomic DNA and is a targeted method by which to achiev ...Sponsored By: Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.MAY 12, 2021Health & Medicine
Doctors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia discovered a new genetic disease that prevents B cell development.Written By: Caroline WallaceMAY 11, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Sepsis is one of the most significant challenges in critical care, and early diagnosis is a decisive factor in determini ...Sponsored By: bioMérieux IncMAY 11, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
This ©MPI for Biophysical Chemistry microscopy image shows a bovine egg after fertilization.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 05, 2021Immunology
Three-dimensional (3D) printing has become a common technique over the past two decades. Now, the technique has been ado ...Written By: Caroline WallaceAPR 20, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from the University of Granada used hair samples to monitor cortisol in a cohort of over 100 pregnant women a ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 15, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Duke University scientists have created a highly sensitive Ebola virus portable diagnostic device, 1000 times more sensi ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
AUG 24, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, it’s often not the primary tumor that has fatal consequences
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 19, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Since Shinya Yamanaka developed a method to create stem cells from regular adult skin cells using genetic reprogramming
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
If bacteria, usually Escherichia coli, get into the urethra, they can cause a urinary tract infection (UTI). These are s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of engineers from MIT and Harvard University has developed a COVID diagnostic device with a tiny footprint but hu
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 05, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Preterm births—when the baby is born fewer than 37 weeks gestational age—are very common. Experts estimate o
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 20, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Fingertips have thousands of sweat-producing glands, churning out anywhere from 100 to 1,000 times more sweat than other
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 05, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
In human cells, lengthy strands of DNA have to be carefully organized and compacted so they'll fit into the nucleus; our
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have built a minimally invasive, ultra-thin, inflatable spinal cord stimula
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 17, 2021
Immunology
T cells form a major part of our immune defenses, protecting us against the constant barrage of potentially pathogenic p
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 17, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a wave of new technologies for rapid viral diagnostics, given just how critical
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 16, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists at King’s College London have identified a single biomarker that can be used to diagnose a range of neu
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 02, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene activity has to be carefully controlled by cells so that they maintain their identity and continue to carry out the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new digital platform, developed by researchers at the University at Buffalo, is answering the question: what’s o
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 25, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Protein synthesis, protein engineering, and synthetic biology researchers can research their protein of interest using e
...
Sponsored By:
Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.
MAY 24, 2021
Cardiology
Scientists that study human disease have long had to rely on animal models or cell culture platforms in which cells grew
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Over 1.5 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide, but SARS-CoV-2 variants are now threatening efforts to
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 20, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Forget lab-based tests—a new portable microfluidic device links to a mobile app, diagnosing gonorrhea in just 15 m
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 20, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR genome editing generates double-stranded breaks (DSBs) in genomic DNA and is a targeted method by which to achiev
...
Sponsored By:
Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.
MAY 12, 2021
Health & Medicine
Doctors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia discovered a new genetic disease that prevents B cell development.
Written By:
Caroline Wallace
MAY 11, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Sepsis is one of the most significant challenges in critical care, and early diagnosis is a decisive factor in determini
...
Sponsored By:
bioMérieux Inc
MAY 11, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
This ©MPI for Biophysical Chemistry microscopy image shows a bovine egg after fertilization.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2021
Immunology
Three-dimensional (3D) printing has become a common technique over the past two decades. Now, the technique has been ado
...
Written By:
Caroline Wallace
APR 20, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from the University of Granada used hair samples to monitor cortisol in a cohort of over 100 pregnant women a
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 15, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Duke University scientists have created a highly sensitive Ebola virus portable diagnostic device, 1000 times more sensi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes