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Using CRISPR/Cas to develop biosafety materials

Researchers discuss the use of the highly efficient CRISPR/Cas technologies to identify viral genome sequences for biosafety purposes.

21 Mar 2022

SARS-CoV-2 transmitters have 3 times higher viral loads than non-transmitters

Researchers discuss the difference between transmitters and non-transmitters of SARS-CoV-2 in terms of their mean viral load.

21 Mar 2022

New computational approach creates spatial maps of single-cell data within tissues

A new computational approach developed by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center successfully combines data from parallel gene-expression profiling methods to create spatial maps of a given tissue at single-cell resolution.

21 Mar 2022

LJI study may open the door to new Parkinson's treatments and diagnostics

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology have found that people with Parkinson's disease have a clear "genetic signature" of the disease in their memory T cells.

21 Mar 2022

Clinical severity of SARS-CoV-2-Omicron infection found to be lower than Delta infection

Researchers evaluated the severity of SARS-CoV-2cc infection by the Omicron variant compared to the Delta variant.

21 Mar 2022

Neutralizing antibody responses against parental SARS-CoV-2 strain as well as against Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 variants

Researchers evaluated the immune responses in individuals vaccinated with the BNT162b2 vaccine.

21 Mar 2022

Multiple inter-variant recombination events identified in Omicron subvariants

Newly emerging and circulating Omicron subvariants have originated partially through recombination with other variants.

20 Mar 2022

Novel device uses tiny worms to detect lung cancer cells

Dogs can use their incredible sense of smell to sniff out various forms of cancer in human breath, blood and urine samples.

20 Mar 2022

How does the non-structural protein 1 affect COVID-19 pathogenicity?

Researchers discuss the effects of the SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 1 (Nsp1), which binds to the ribosomal subunit thus inhibiting translation.

20 Mar 2022

UT Dallas researchers explore origins of chronic pain and the potential for better treatments

An investigation into how human nerve cells differ from animal cells has provided researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas' Center for Advanced Pain Studies with important clues in the pursuit of more effective treatments for chronic pain.

19 Mar 2022

A single gene can control brain cell growth in humans, research shows

Controlling how cells grow is fundamental to ensuring proper brain development and stopping aggressive brain tumors.

19 Mar 2022

Study: Targeting astrocytes reduces tau-related brain damage and inflammation in mice

Alzheimer's disease is the most common and best known of the tauopathies, a set of neurodegenerative brain diseases caused by toxic tangles of the protein tau.

18 Mar 2022

A complete transcriptomic analysis of astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease

An international group of researchers led by the UAB analyzed the genes that are expressed in neurons and astrocytes based on data from 800 individuals and compared what happens in Alzheimer's patients and in people without diagnosed dementia.

18 Mar 2022

New virus-based approach for measuring variations in gene regulatory elements

Tohoku University scientists in Japan have developed a virus-based approach for measuring variations in gene regulatory elements, called transcription factors, as conditions change in live organisms.

18 Mar 2022

Hypoxia-inducible factors and SARS-CoV-2 manifestations

Researchers assessed the role of hypoxia-inducible factors in SARS-CoV-2 infection, respiratory symptoms, and epithelial damage.

18 Mar 2022

Study shows BCG vaccination reduces SARS-CoV-2-induced lung inflammation in hamsters

Researchers tested the effectiveness of the BCG vaccine in SARS-CoV-2-infected Syrian hamsters.

18 Mar 2022

New discovery points to potential drug targets for ASXL1-mutant chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

New research from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine finds that patients with ASXL1-mutant chronic myelomonocytic leukemia - an uncommon type of cancer of the bone marrow - have distinctive epigenetic changes that can activate harmful genes and cause the cancer to grow faster.

18 Mar 2022

New approach radically increases the success of breast cancer immunotherapy

A study published in the journal Nature Cancer, carried out within the Cancer Programme at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM-Hospital del Mar) by the Cancer Stem Cells and Metastasis Dynamics Laboratory, led by Dr. Toni Celià-Terrassa, and the Laboratory of Molecular Cancer Therapy, coordinated by Dr. Joan Albanell, with the participation of international centers, has discovered an approach that radically increases the success of immunotherapy in one of the most aggressive types of tumors, triple-negative breast cancer.

17 Mar 2022

Research demonstrates within-host seasonal immunity

Researchers investigate the association between seasonal flu changes and gene expression to determine the ‘within-host’ immunity concept.

17 Mar 2022

Novel screening method detects new N501T SARS-CoV-2 variant

Researchers develop two SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Discrimination assays that have been designed to detect 501 and 484 mutations on the spike protein.

17 Mar 2022

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Using CRISPR/Cas to develop biosafety materials

SARS-CoV-2 transmitters have 3 times higher viral loads than non-transmitters

New computational approach creates spatial maps of single-cell data within tissues

LJI study may open the door to new Parkinson's treatments and diagnostics

Clinical severity of SARS-CoV-2-Omicron infection found to be lower than Delta infection

Neutralizing antibody responses against parental SARS-CoV-2 strain as well as against Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 variants

Multiple inter-variant recombination events identified in Omicron subvariants

Novel device uses tiny worms to detect lung cancer cells

How does the non-structural protein 1 affect COVID-19 pathogenicity?

UT Dallas researchers explore origins of chronic pain and the potential for better treatments

A single gene can control brain cell growth in humans, research shows

Study: Targeting astrocytes reduces tau-related brain damage and inflammation in mice

A complete transcriptomic analysis of astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease

New virus-based approach for measuring variations in gene regulatory elements

Hypoxia-inducible factors and SARS-CoV-2 manifestations

Study shows BCG vaccination reduces SARS-CoV-2-induced lung inflammation in hamsters

New discovery points to potential drug targets for ASXL1-mutant chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

New approach radically increases the success of breast cancer immunotherapy

Research demonstrates within-host seasonal immunity

Novel screening method detects new N501T SARS-CoV-2 variant

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