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Biological techniques
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Personalized ranges for blood-test results enable precision diagnostics
Blood tests are fundamental to modern medicine, and are typically interpreted against broad reference ranges, based on population…
Computational technologies of the Human Cell Atlas
Single-cell technologies have shattered the fuzzy lenses through which researchers conventionally view biology. Instead of looking at the…
researchers get an updated look at the Human Cell Atlas, and it’s remarkable
Pyramidal neurons, a type of nerve cell, from the brain’s cerebral cortex.Credit: Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library/Getty There’s nothing…
The antibodies don’t work! The race to rid labs of molecules that ruin experiments
Carl Laflamme knew what protein he wanted to study, but not where to find it. It is encoded…
Tumour atlases enable researchers to navigate through cancers
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 30 October 2024 The current wave of papers from the Human Tumor Atlas Network represents a…
Thread, read, rewind, repeat: towards using nanopores for protein sequencing
Nature, Published online: 11 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02664-3 Biologists would love to be able to read out the amino-acid…
Measuring the forces that shape early human embryos
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 30 May 2024 Contractile forces at the surface of cells of early human embryos bring the…
Powerful ‘nanopore’ DNA sequencing method tackles proteins too
A nanopore sequencing device is typically used for sequencing DNA and RNA.Credit: Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg/Getty With its fast analyses…
Single-cell multiplex chromatin and RNA interactions in ageing human brain
Critical reagents RNA linker The RNA linker is a single-stranded chimeric oligonucleotide with 17 DNA nucleotides at its 5′ end…
MEGA-CRISPR tool gives a power boost to cancer-fighting cells
Engineered cells called CAR T cells (pictured, red; artificially coloured) swarm cancer cells (green). A tool that edits…