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Scientists unravel the complex workings of the circadian rhythm in cyanobacteria

Scientists want to increase their understanding of circadian rhythms, those internal 24-hour biological clock cycles of sleeping and waking that occur in organisms, ranging from humans to plants to fungi to bacteria.

18 Apr 2022

Monoclonal antibodies from COVID-19 convalescent donors target conserved site

Researchers found six monoclonal antibodies binding to the spike proteins of all human coronaviruses.

18 Apr 2022

RNA interference triggers that target SARS-CoV-2 genome

Researchers screened ribonucleic acid interference against SARS-CoV-2.

18 Apr 2022

SARS-CoV-2 infection patterns in olfactory epithelium

Researchers assess changes in the respiratory and olfactory epithelium of the nasal mucosa in SARS-CoV-2 infections by the WA1, Delta, and Omicron strains.

18 Apr 2022

SARS-CoV-2 RBD is a selective integrin agonist

Researchers assess the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) motif-mediated binding of the SARS-CoV-2 RBD and integrin receptors.

18 Apr 2022

Manipulating a specific gene from yeast could lead a new approach to combatting drug resistance

A recent study that shows manipulating and deleting a specific gene (AMN1) from yeast could provide a foundation for a new approach to combatting drug resistance when treating microbial infections or cancer.

18 Apr 2022

New chemical reaction creates a faster, simpler way of making tertiary amines for medicines

A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign research team has discovered a way to produce a special class of molecule that could open the door for new drugs to treat currently untreatable diseases.

15 Apr 2022

Scientists investigate how gut bacteria directly control the activity of specific neurons

Gut microbiota by-products circulate in the bloodstream, regulating host physiological processes including immunity, metabolism and brain functions.

15 Apr 2022

Role of cGAS-STING in SARS-CoV-2 infection

A new study analyzes the activation of cGAS and STING can induce a type I IFN response due to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

15 Apr 2022

A comprehensive rule book for the design of safe and efficient therapeutic cells

Therapies based on engineered immune cells have recently emerged as a promising approach in the treatment of cancer.

15 Apr 2022

Cell’s production of lipids can be a key factor in determining cell fate

How does a cell "decide" what type of cell to become? The question of "cell fate" has been explored for decades now, especially in the context of stem cell biology, but there are still gaps in our understanding.

15 Apr 2022

Yale research demonstrates the cancer relevance of known human genes

Following an analysis of over 12,000 human genes, research from Yale Cancer Center indicates there is cancer-relevant importance in a much larger proportion of human genes than current cancer research models suggest.

14 Apr 2022

Scientists discover differences in interaction of T-cells within tumor microenvironments

A team led by Northwestern Medicine investigators has discovered differences in the distribution and interaction of T-cells within the microenvironment of different regions of both brain tumors and brain metastases, according to findings published in the journal JCI Insight.

14 Apr 2022

New data-driven mechanistic approach can help reduce drug costs and treat diseases

A new data-driven mechanistic approach that predicts cell types within tissue will help to reduce drug costs and treat diseases that were difficult to develop drugs for, according to a West Virginia University scientist.

14 Apr 2022

Recent advances in non-viral nano-vector delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing payloads

Researchers reviewed non-viral nano-vectors used for delivering the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9-mediated genome editing system.

14 Apr 2022

COVID-19 may affect a group of biochemical reactions called one-carbon metabolism

A new study addresses the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 to the metabolism of one-carbon molecules in the host, suggesting new therapeutic pathways.

13 Apr 2022

Quantum computing to predict RNA secondary structures

Researchers investigate the possibility of using quantum computing to create methods that can more effectively and rapidly solve these structures.

13 Apr 2022

Structural differences between SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 RBDs

A new study compares the SARS-CoV-2 RBD to the SARS-CoV RBD using computational methods to understand their binding affinities to ACE2.

13 Apr 2022

Social connections predict the brain structure of primates

What's the link between social life and brain structure? Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, the Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute at Inserm, and elsewhere are now one step closer to understanding this connection for rhesus macaques.

13 Apr 2022

A kind of kiss between cells plays key role in the fight between immune system and blood cancer cells

Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa have discovered that a kind of kiss between cells, called trogocytosis, plays a key role in the battle between the immune system and blood cancer cells.

13 Apr 2022

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Scientists unravel the complex workings of the circadian rhythm in cyanobacteria

Monoclonal antibodies from COVID-19 convalescent donors target conserved site

RNA interference triggers that target SARS-CoV-2 genome

SARS-CoV-2 infection patterns in olfactory epithelium

SARS-CoV-2 RBD is a selective integrin agonist

Manipulating a specific gene from yeast could lead a new approach to combatting drug resistance

New chemical reaction creates a faster, simpler way of making tertiary amines for medicines

Scientists investigate how gut bacteria directly control the activity of specific neurons

Role of cGAS-STING in SARS-CoV-2 infection

A comprehensive rule book for the design of safe and efficient therapeutic cells

Cell’s production of lipids can be a key factor in determining cell fate

Yale research demonstrates the cancer relevance of known human genes

Scientists discover differences in interaction of T-cells within tumor microenvironments

New data-driven mechanistic approach can help reduce drug costs and treat diseases

Recent advances in non-viral nano-vector delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing payloads

COVID-19 may affect a group of biochemical reactions called one-carbon metabolism

Quantum computing to predict RNA secondary structures

Structural differences between SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 RBDs

Social connections predict the brain structure of primates

A kind of kiss between cells plays key role in the fight between immune system and blood cancer cells

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

Fluidics in Modern Healthcare & Medical Device Innovation

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