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Hybrid alphavirus-SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus system rapidly measures neutralizing antibodies

Do a person's antibodies work to block the COVID-19 virus from infecting one's system? Are these antibodies also capable of blocking emerging variants such as the omicrons?

21 Apr 2022

Study reveals how fungus blocks and bursts blood vessels in the brain

New research from the University of Sheffield has revealed how fungus blocks and bursts blood vessels in the brain, helping scientists better understand how meningitis starts.

21 Apr 2022

Cell division crucial for the success of macrophage infiltration

Researchers at ISTA discover a crucial process that enables immune cells to get to where they are needed. Study published in Science.

21 Apr 2022

UNIGE biologists discover a factor that explains breast cancer metastases to the bones

A team of biologists led by UNIGE has discovered, for breast cancer, a factor that explains the spread of metastases to the bones.

21 Apr 2022

Abnormalities in astrocytes may play a key role in causing autism spectrum disorder symptoms

Abnormalities in a type of brain cell called astrocytes may play a pivotal role in causing some behavioral symptoms of autism spectrum disorders, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

21 Apr 2022

Antibody-based treatment, endogenous immune responses, and within-host SARS-CoV-2 evolution in immunocompromised patients

Researchers investigated the interplay of all the factors responsible for within-host evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants in immunocompromised patients.

21 Apr 2022

Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Research has demonstrated the evolutionary process and biology of SARS-CoV-2, the causative pathogen of the COVID-19 pandemic.

21 Apr 2022

Study explores microbial genetic engineering approach as a replacement for shark livering for squalene

A new study examined possible genetic engineering approaches that could be utilized to tailor the metabolic processes of yeasts, bacteria, and thraustochytrids to optimize the synthesis of squalene.

21 Apr 2022

Intranasal nanoparticle STING agonist with immunoantiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers developed an immunoantiviral, NanoSTING, and demonstrated its broad-spectrum antiviral properties in hamsters and mice.

21 Apr 2022

New research takes a close look at the most prevalent neurotransmitter in the brain

One of the most important molecules in the brain doesn't work quite the way scientists thought it did, according to new work by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Carnegie Mellon University.

21 Apr 2022

Novel methods for inferring the movement of brain cells during fetal development

The making of a human brain remains a mostly mysterious process that races from an embryonic neural tube to more than 100 billion interconnected neurons in the brain of a newborn. To achieve this marvel of biological engineering, the developing fetal brain must grow, on average, at a rate of roughly 250,000 nerve cells per minute throughout the course of a pregnancy.

21 Apr 2022

Young adult men with sickle cell disease are unaware of SCD-associated fertility issues, study reveals

New research published today in Blood Advances indicates that many adolescent and young adult (AYA) men with sickle cell disease (SCD) are unaware of potential SCD-associated fertility issues, highlighting a need for comprehensive fertility education materials for this population.

21 Apr 2022

Researchers test an experimental treatment for metastatic cancer

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma are testing an experimental treatment for metastatic cancer focusing on pancreatic cancer.

20 Apr 2022

DNA abnormality explains insensitivity to chemotherapy in germ cell cancer

Extra copies of a piece of DNA partly explain insensitivity to chemotherapy in germ cell cancer, a new study shows.

20 Apr 2022

RNA splicing abnormalities in COVID-19 patients

This study entailed the integration of multiple-omics datasets to examine the dysregulation in the host splicing mechanism and alteration in protein isoforms among COVID-19 patients.

20 Apr 2022

CryoEM reveals never-before-seen details of the human androgen receptor

Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have glimpsed never-before-seen details of the human androgen receptor - the protein inside of cells that responds to male-typical hormones like testosterone.

20 Apr 2022

Advancements in HIV science

As far as viruses go, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is quite simple. About 100,000 times smaller than a red blood cell, the virus expresses just a dozen proteins, yet it can establish a lifelong infection that, if left untreated, causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and death.

20 Apr 2022

Researchers discover more needles in the haystack in the quest to unravel Alzheimer’s disease

21 million. That's the number of genetic variations in the human genome that researchers are sifting to identify patterns predisposing people to Alzheimer's disease.

20 Apr 2022

Newly discovered immune cell "soldier" could be a good target for immunotherapy

Despite the success of immunotherapy in helping many people with cancer, the majority of patients still do not respond to these treatments. There is need for continued research.

20 Apr 2022

Single-cell genome sequencing provides a new way to think about Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer's disease is marked by a loss of functional neurons in the brain. But what causes this loss? Through single-cell genome sequencing, researchers at Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Broad Institute show that people with Alzheimer's have an abundance of newly acquired mutations in their neurons - more than people of the same age without Alzheimer's, and enough to disable genes important to brain function.

20 Apr 2022

Cell News and Research

Hybrid alphavirus-SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus system rapidly measures neutralizing antibodies

Study reveals how fungus blocks and bursts blood vessels in the brain

Cell division crucial for the success of macrophage infiltration

UNIGE biologists discover a factor that explains breast cancer metastases to the bones

Abnormalities in astrocytes may play a key role in causing autism spectrum disorder symptoms

Antibody-based treatment, endogenous immune responses, and within-host SARS-CoV-2 evolution in immunocompromised patients

Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Study explores microbial genetic engineering approach as a replacement for shark livering for squalene

Intranasal nanoparticle STING agonist with immunoantiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants

New research takes a close look at the most prevalent neurotransmitter in the brain

Novel methods for inferring the movement of brain cells during fetal development

Young adult men with sickle cell disease are unaware of SCD-associated fertility issues, study reveals

Researchers test an experimental treatment for metastatic cancer

DNA abnormality explains insensitivity to chemotherapy in germ cell cancer

RNA splicing abnormalities in COVID-19 patients

CryoEM reveals never-before-seen details of the human androgen receptor

Advancements in HIV science

Researchers discover more needles in the haystack in the quest to unravel Alzheimer’s disease

Newly discovered immune cell "soldier" could be a good target for immunotherapy

Single-cell genome sequencing provides a new way to think about Alzheimer’s disease

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