Research Articles
Life on the Edge: How Satellite Maps Are Guiding the Search for Microbial Life in Earth's Driest Desert
Discover how scientists use satellite-to-rover habitat mapping to find microbial life in Chile's Atacama Desert and what this means for Mars exploration.
From Caterpillar Catastrophe to Biotech Powerhouse: The Unlikely Rise of the Baculovirus
Explore how the baculovirus-insect cell expression system evolved from a specialized lab tool to a mainstream biotechnology platform revolutionizing vaccine production.
Green Factories: How a Pond Scum is Revolutionizing Medicine
Discover how Spirulina, the blue-green algae, is being engineered to produce life-saving protein therapeutics in a sustainable, cost-effective way.
Bacterial Factories: How Sugar-Coated Proteins Could Revolutionize Medicine
Discover how glyco-engineering in E. coli is creating breakthrough vaccines against bacterial infections through sugar-protein hybrids
Molecular Misdirection: Designing a Decoy to Outsmart a Rogue Immune Receptor
Explore how scientists use structure-based rational design to create TLR4 decoy receptors that can prevent dangerous inflammatory responses in conditions like sepsis.
Green Factories: How Plants Are Revolutionizing Medicine
Discover how plant-made pharmaceuticals are transforming drug production with safer, more affordable medicines grown in fields and bioreactors.
Taming the Cellular Factory: A Conversation with Sang Yup Lee on the Future of Manufacturing
Explore how metabolic engineering pioneer Sang Yup Lee is reprogramming microbes to create sustainable factories for chemicals, materials, and fuels.
The Body's Tiny Repair Kits: How Pressure and a Protein Could Heal Our Joints
Discover how the combination of hydrostatic pressure and TGF-β3 protein enhances cartilage regeneration from mesenchymal stem cells, offering new hope for joint repair.
The Tiny Thermostat in Your Muscles: Engineering a More Stable Protein
Explore how scientists use site-directed mutagenesis to understand the conformational stability of human skeletal tropomyosin and its implications for muscle function.
Measles Virus: From Childhood Foe to Cancer-Fighting Ally
Explore how the measles virus is being transformed into a revolutionary cancer treatment through oncolytic virotherapy, targeting tumors while sparing healthy tissue.