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The Evolution of Molecular Biology

In this interview, Istvan Szatmari, the Head of The Genomic Core Facility at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, talks to NewsMed about the evolution of Molecular Biology.

From MGI 4 May 2023

The African Personalized Medicine Agenda

In this interview, Rizwana Mia, the Senior Program Manager at South African Medical Research Council, talks to News Medical about the African personalized medicine agenda.

From MGI 4 May 2023

How the COVID pandemic has improved genomics

In this interview, Davide Cacchiarelli, Molecular Biology and Genomics Professor at the University of Naples talks to NewsMed about how the COVID pandemic has highlighted the vital role of genomic surveillance and improved genomics.

From MGI 4 May 2023

The Human Protein Atlas and Precision Medicine

In this interview, Mathias Uhlen, the Director of the Human Protein Atlas, talks to NewsMed about the Human Protein Atlas and Precision Medicine.

From MGI 4 May 2023

Advancing the development of vaccines through recombinant technology

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Dr. Amy Sheng, the head of CRO at Sino Biological, about current developments in the field of vaccine development through recombinant techniques.

From Sino Biological Inc. 4 May 2023

Revving up COVID mRNA vaccines: Algorithm generates 128-fold increase in antibodies

Research paper proposes a new method for predicting highly expressed genes based on codon usage bias and minimum free energy of mRNA secondary structures. The method involves constructing a stochastic grammar that generates sequences with high CAI and low MFE, and testing it on two mRNA vaccines.

3 May 2023

Organoid models provide new scientific insights into a rare childhood liver cancer

Scientists of the Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology and Hubrecht Institute in the Netherlands have revealed new scientific insights into the features of fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC), a rare type of childhood liver cancer

3 May 2023

Researchers measure the effect of all possible variants of GCK gene

Researchers at the Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, have now contributed to solving this problem for a specific gene called GCK. The study has just been published in Genome Biology.

3 May 2023

Wildlife in Britain found free of SARS-CoV-2, but novel virus discovered in stoats

Scientists in the United Kingdom have conducted a large-scale screening for sarbecoviruses and pan-coronaviruses in British Wildlife to investigate the occurrence of widespread spillover events. They have identified a novel minacovirus in stoats recently introduced to the Orkney Islands.

3 May 2023

Sharing meals with friends may lower depression, anxiety, and stress in teens

Researchers investigate the impact of family meals and social eating behavior on anxiety, depression, and stress symptoms in adolescents.

3 May 2023

Genomic study helps develop mRNA vaccine candidate against dengue virus

Researchers in India say that data from a detailed genomic study of the dengue virus has helped them develop an mRNA (messenger RNA) vaccine candidate capable of neutralizing all four strains of the pathogen.

3 May 2023

Asian population health study finds link between visceral fat and poorer cognitive performance

Scientists from the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found that Asians with an excess amount of visceral fat tend to have a poorer ability to think, learn, and remember.

3 May 2023