News | Discovery & Design in the Lab

New MRI Machine Overcomes Technical, Logistical Challenges
January 24, 2022

First Clinical-grade Transplant of Gene-edited Pig Kidneys into Brain-dead Human
January 24, 2022
The study was designed and conducted to meet standards directly comparable to those that would apply to a Phase I clinical trial and mirrored—as much as possible—every step of a conventional transplant between humans. Read More News
World’s First Molecular-level Analysis of Omicron Spike Protein
January 24, 2022
The analysis—done at near atomic resolution using cryo-electron microscopy—reveals how the heavily mutated Omicron variant attaches to and infects human cells. Read More News
Oral Immunotherapy Induces Remission of Peanut Allergy in Some Young Children
January 24, 2022
A clinical trial has found that giving peanut oral immunotherapy to highly peanut-allergic children ages 1 to 3 years safely desensitized most of them to peanut and induced remission of peanut allergy in one-fifth. Read More News
New Drug Delivery System Offers Hope for Treating Genetic Diseases
January 24, 2022
A team of researchers led by Harvard and Broad Institute scientists has developed a new drug delivery system using engineered DNA-free virus-like particles (eVLPs) to package and deliver therapeutic levels of gene-editing proteins to animal models of disease. Read More News
Lighted Nets Dramatically Reduce Bycatch of Sharks, Other Wildlife
January 24, 2022
In a win-win for commercial fisheries and marine wildlife, researchers have found that using lighted nets greatly reduced accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and unwanted finfish. Read More News

Gene, Green, DNA, and Disease: How Ultrapure Water Enables Cutting-edge Research
Whether used for diluting RNA after extraction from cells, for RNAseq analysis, or for preparing growth media for cell culture, ultrapure water is key for experimental success.
From in vitro to ex vivo: How Incubators Ensure Repeatability
Let’s take a look at a few common incubator sizes, the applications they support and technologies they boast to ensure precision, uniformity and repeatability of in vitro conditions.
Q&A: Lab Data Challenges Then and Now
In this interview, Sridhar Iyengar, CEO & founder of Elemental Machines—a company that manufactures sensors for real-time data monitoring—gives his thoughts on the shifts the lab industry has seen in the past 10 years, 5 years, and the last 1.5 years of an unprecedented global pandemic.