masataka sasabe, Author at It Ain't Magic

A faster and more sensitive antibody test for COVID-19

by masataka sasabe | Sep 10, 2021 | Hot Off the Press

Fast and sensitive: A new antibody test for the COVID-19 virus. Just a pinprick of blood and results in 30 minutes.

Opossums are the first genome edited marsupials

by masataka sasabe | Jul 26, 2021 | Featured, Hot Off the Press

A new piezoelectronic microinjection method has allowed the first successful genome editing in marsupials: albino opossums.

Dietary amino acid linked to cancer in flies

by masataka sasabe | May 26, 2021 | Hot Off the Press

Researchers have found a dietary amino acid linked to oncogene expression / tumor formation; reduced consumption reduced cancer in flies.

Godzilla-sized zooplankton for better aquafarming

by masataka sasabe | Jan 22, 2021 | Hot Off the Press

Scientists have created extra large zooplankton to help feed the fish in aquafarms. The new plankton were created using an ion beam to generate mutations.

Bacterial drug resistance studied by robotic E. coli evolution

by masataka sasabe | Nov 26, 2020 | Hot Off the Press

Experimentally evolving E. coli under pressure from a large number of antibiotics was able to identify constraints underlying evolved drug resistance.

New artificial skin helps avoid animal testing

by masataka sasabe | Nov 9, 2020 | Hot Off the Press

A new artificial skin that reproduces proper tension can be used to research skin function and disease while reducing the need to experiment on animals.