by | Sep 25, 2020 | Binkley, Michael, Bose, Arpita, Meacham, John, Rengasamy, Karthikeyan
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An interdisciplinary team of Washington University researchers has developed a high-throughput microfluidic bioelectrochemical cell (μBEC) that collects electrochemical data and is compatible with live-cell microscopy and spectrometry. This device transcends the capabilit…
by | May 11, 2020 | Gordon, Jeffrey, Patnode, Michael
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a bead-based method to understand the functional states and metabolic capabilities of individual members of the human gut microbiota. The gut microbiota is increasingly linked to multiple aspects of human healt…
by | Feb 7, 2020 | Gale, Emily, Naegle, Kristen, Schaberg, Katherine, Sloutsky, Roman, Stoka, Kellie
— Background: Abnormal phosphorylation of proteins is associated with a number of human diseases including cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, and diabetes. Due to their role as phosphorlyators, kinases are popular drug targets. However, the difficulty of selectively phosphorylating a desired substra…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Dowdy, Steven
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Researchers at Washington University have developed a method that allows the transduction of full-length proteins by utilizing the pTAT or pTAT-HA protein expression plasmids. A protein of choice can be fused to a HIV-TAT transduction domain under the expression system. Ba…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Xu, Mai
— Background: In the US alone, 154,000 new cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) are diagnosed each year. Unfortunately, a third of those patients will die due to diagnosis at late stages – the 5-year survival rate is 11%, compared to 91% for those who are diagnosed with only localized CRC. A colonos…