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July 2020 – Vol. 69 No. 1

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Highlights from this issue include:

From the Editor: Keeping the research spotlight on COVID-19

Tech news: 

  • Seeing the full picture: advances in 3D cell culture microscopy
  • The ABCs of reproducibility: effecting attitudes, behaviors and change
  • Neural–digital interfaces: creating bionic humans

Reviews: Advances in single cell technologies in immunology

Reports in brief:

  • An engraved surface induces weak adherence and high proliferation of nonadherent cells and microorganisms during culture
  • Organoid model of urothelial cancer: establishment and applications for bladder cancer research
  • Discovery of alliin as a putative inhibitor of the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 by molecular docking
  • Improving Chinese hamster ovary host cell protein ELISA using Ella®: an automated microfluidic platform
  • Detection and differentiation of bacteria by electrical bioimpedance spectroscopy
  • Analysis of cancer-related mutations in extracellular vesicles RNA by Droplet Digital™ PCR
  • An improved gene synthesis method with asymmetric directions of oligonucleotides designed using a simulation program

Benchmarks in brief:

  • Emulsion PCR made easy
  • A simple serum depletion method for proteomics analysis
  • Inhaler with electrostatic sterilizer and use of cationic amphiphilic peptides may accelerate recovery from COVID-19

Plus new products for your lab, information on our cover competition, and many more method articles, interviews and expert opinion pieces. 


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