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UAB researchers track the behavior of microplastics inside a living organism

A UAB research team has managed to track the behavior of microplastics during their "journey" through the intestinal tract of a living organism and illustrate what happens along the way.

23 May 2022

ATLAS assay reveals SARS-CoV-2 variant T-cell responses

Researchers utilize the ATLAS screening assay to reveal the antigen response profiles of T-cells to different SARS-CoV-2 variants.

23 May 2022

Using microfluidics and magnets to isolate rare, allergen-reactive white blood cells

Across the world, food allergies are on the rise. One of the most important cells in studying this ailment are basophils, which activate inflammation and other responses to allergens such as rashes, and sometimes, anaphylaxis.

23 May 2022

Synthetic biologists interrogate single-celled survivalists to understand stress response

Rice University synthetic biologists and bioengineers are preparing to interrogate some single-celled survivalists to find out how they deal with stress.

23 May 2022

Novel genetic test enables earlier, more accurate diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency disorders

Primary immunodeficiency disorders (PID) can result in chronic and sometimes life-threatening infections. More than 450 PIDs have been described, but timely and accurate diagnoses remain a challenge.

23 May 2022

Novel AI algorithm developed for assessing digital pathology data

Digital pathology is an emerging field which deals with mainly microscopy images that are derived from patient biopsies.

23 May 2022

Gene-edited tomatoes could be a simple solution to address vitamin D insufficiency

Tomatoes gene-edited to produce vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, could be a simple and sustainable innovation to address a global health problem.

23 May 2022

Potential new diagnostic marker predicts successful, efficient development of mammalian egg cells

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona have identified a potential new diagnostic marker that predicts the successful and efficient development of mammalian egg cells.

23 May 2022

New ‘Labskin Microbiome Friendly+ Seal of Approval’ unveiled

Labskin, a division of DeepVerge has today announced that it is setting an exacting standard for the skincare industry, the ‘Labskin Microbiome Friendly+ Seal of Approval.’

23 May 2022

Tiny shark-derived antibodies broadly neutralize most SARS-CoV-2 variants

Resarchers discuss the ability of shark-derived antibodies to protect against multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2.

23 May 2022

Scientists discover how immune proteins defend plants against invading microorganisms

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research and the University of Cologne, Germany, have discovered a novel biochemical mechanism explaining how immune proteins defend plants against invading microorganisms.

20 May 2022

New training scheme for convolutional neural networks automates cell segmentation and counting

The use of machine learning to perform blood cell counts for diagnosis of disease instead of expensive and often less accurate cell analyzer machines has nevertheless been very labor-intensive as it takes an enormous amount of manual annotation work by humans in the training of the machine learning model.

20 May 2022

Researchers analyze the development and genetic profile of brain's immune cells

Thanks to over a century of modern neuroscience, we have made significant strides in our understanding of the brain. Nonetheless, we have only just begun to scratch the surface of how this amazingly complex organ works.

20 May 2022

Researchers discover how one type of T cell creates functionally distinct, but genetically identical daughter cells

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have solved an immunology puzzle. A CD8+ T cell can have two functionally distinct daughter cells after it divides, despite the cells being genetically identical.

20 May 2022

UNC-Chapel Hill secures $65 million NIH grant for establishing Antiviral Drug Discovery Center

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health awarded the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health a $65 million grant establishing an Antiviral Drug Discovery Center to develop oral antivirals that can combat pandemic-level viruses like COVID-19.

20 May 2022

Study demonstrates how the transcription factor C/EBPβ can positively influence fat storage

The chronic nutritional and metabolic disease of obesity is characterized by an excessive increase in body fat and its accumulation in tissues.

20 May 2022

Plastins may promote disease when they act like workaholics and disrupt cellular environment

A family of proteins that have a role in ensuring many types of cells move and maintain their shape may promote disease when they act like workaholics and disrupt the cellular environment, new research suggests.

19 May 2022

Epistatic drift leads to unpredictability in protein evolution

A critical goal in genetics and evolution is predicting the effects of mutations that may happen in the future and inferring the effects of those that happened in the past.

19 May 2022

Male pheromones may be the fountain of youth for aging females' eggs

Male pheromones just might be the fountain of youth for aging female animals' eggs, according to a new Northwestern University study.

19 May 2022

Some people weathered the stress of pandemic better than others due to genetics

Everyone has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new study by Lude Franke and colleagues of the University of Groningen, Netherlands finds that some individuals weathered the stress of the pandemic better than others, in part, due to their genetics.

19 May 2022

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UAB researchers track the behavior of microplastics inside a living organism

ATLAS assay reveals SARS-CoV-2 variant T-cell responses

Using microfluidics and magnets to isolate rare, allergen-reactive white blood cells

Synthetic biologists interrogate single-celled survivalists to understand stress response

Novel genetic test enables earlier, more accurate diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency disorders

Novel AI algorithm developed for assessing digital pathology data

Gene-edited tomatoes could be a simple solution to address vitamin D insufficiency

Potential new diagnostic marker predicts successful, efficient development of mammalian egg cells

New ‘Labskin Microbiome Friendly+ Seal of Approval’ unveiled

Tiny shark-derived antibodies broadly neutralize most SARS-CoV-2 variants

Scientists discover how immune proteins defend plants against invading microorganisms

New training scheme for convolutional neural networks automates cell segmentation and counting

Researchers analyze the development and genetic profile of brain's immune cells

Researchers discover how one type of T cell creates functionally distinct, but genetically identical daughter cells

UNC-Chapel Hill secures $65 million NIH grant for establishing Antiviral Drug Discovery Center

Study demonstrates how the transcription factor C/EBPβ can positively influence fat storage

Plastins may promote disease when they act like workaholics and disrupt cellular environment

Epistatic drift leads to unpredictability in protein evolution

Male pheromones may be the fountain of youth for aging females' eggs

Some people weathered the stress of pandemic better than others due to genetics

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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