Swedish scientists have developed datasets that are able to map the three-dimensional distribution and volume of the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. The visual and quantitative data of this development could become a valuable reference resource for diabetes researchers. The Umeå University researchers are publishing these datasets in the Nature Research journal Scientific Data.

In a paper published in the journal Carbon, a team of researchers describes a new type of carbon fiber reinforced material that is as strong and light as traditionally used materials but can be repeatedly healed with heat, reversing any fatigue damage. This also provides a way to break it down and recycle it when it reaches the end of its life.

It is essential for cells to control precisely which of the many genes of their genetic material they use. This is done in so-called transcription factories, molecular clusters in the nucleus. Researchers have now found that the formation of transcription factories resembles the condensation of liquids.

Following recent clinical trial, biotech firm Enbiosis announces a breakthrough in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, which affects one in every ten people.

An extensive body of research into Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, has revealed new insights into the deadly parasitic disease that threatens the lives of millions of people in 36 sub-Saharan African countries.

A team of EPFL researchers has developed tiny 10-gram robots that can communicate with each other, assign roles among themselves and complete complex tasks together. These reconfigurable robots are simple in structure, but they can jump and crawl to explore uneven surfaces.

Following the trend towards biopharmaceutical medicine Sartorius launched for its ambr 250 modular benchtop automated mini bioreactor system new vessels, which are designed for gentle stirring and optimum growth of cell lines. The system allows cost-effective, scalable process development of cell and gene therapies.

For the first time, researchers have solved the structure of viral anti-Crispr proteins attached to a bacterial Crispr surveillance complex, revealing precisely how viruses incapacitate the bacterial defense system.

By mimicking photosynthesis, the light-driven process that plants use to produce sugars, MIT researchers have designed a new type of photocatalyst that can absorb light and use it to drive a variety of chemical reactions.

Global biotech company Orgenesis announced a collaboration agreement with Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center to advance Point-of-Care development and commercialization of cell and gene and therapies.