Sub-zero technologies that reduce ice damage in organs could extend donor-graft shelf life — offering transplant centers more time to match recipients.

The first Nature Conference on Next-Generation Fluorescence Microscopy is now open for registration. Running from September 18–20, 2026 in Beijing, the conference will highlight key areas in fluorescence microscopy, featuring sessions on super resolution techniques, mesoscale and intravital imaging, biological applications and AI-driven developments.

Biotech is back. But continued investor caution, the rise of China and fast-moving AI are changing the sector’s contours.

Building a living cell from scratch requires overcoming a bottleneck that has remained unresolved despite decades of progress: orchestrating the spatiotemporal integration of core functional modules. To tackle this barrier, the SynCell Asia Initiative outlines a strategy for developing core functional modules through the establishment of a centralized, AI-driven biofoundry.