Autoimmune diseases represent a wide range of disorders affecting specific organs or the entire body, all characterized by the immune system’s misrecognition of self-antigens. These conditions arise ...

In this issue of BioTechniques, we present a comparison of four analytical methods for hydrogen sulfide quantification and a method for targeted cell delivery to a hydrogel support structure that can ...

CRISPR-based gene editing just got safer with the design of a new SuperFi-Cas9 variant that more readily discriminates against mismatches and retains the accuracy and speed of naturally occurring Cas9 ...

Kit Neikirk discusses his experience as a first-generation college student (FGS) balancing undergraduate college and offers suggestions for both students and institutions to help prepare FGS for a ...

The current research team devised a protocol to gain insight into how a specific microbial species affects the gut and brain. First, they grew a specific microbe identified in the gut in culture. They ...

In this issue of BioTechniques, we present data from a validation study of a software tool for use in forensic investigative genetic genealogy and a method for producing hydrogel-based ‘transparent ...

Developing vectors for safe, effective and targeted delivery could accelerate gene therapy innovation. Genetic medicines have transformed the way we treat some diseases, from inherited blindness to ...

Here, Editor-in-Chief Michelle Itano (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA) reviews her top picks of the articles published in the journal BioTechniques between January and March 2025, ...

What have been the biggest challenges you faced during your career? At every point of the argument, from making arguments with raw data to making arguments with data that takes into account the data ...

Maybe you’re not. According to research done on water fleas, infectious disease parasites may be better able to cope with unpredictable climate change than their hosts. An unpredictable set of ...

In this special episode of Talking techniques, one of two recorded at Neuroscience 2022, we speak to Tim Harris (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, VA, USA). Tim is the creator of Neuropixels, neural ...

The study included 37 migraine patients with aura symptoms, 30 migraine patients without aura symptoms and 20 control patients. The researchers identified a significant reduction in blood flow in the ...