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Study shows how cells use octopus-like tentacles to move around the body

With help from the best tweezers in the world a team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen has shed new light on a fundamental mechanism in all living cells that helps them explore their surroundings and even invade tissue.

28 Mar 2022

CDK6: a potential drug target for severe COVID-19

Researchers identify a methodology and workflow to repurpose drugs against the cyclin-dependent kinase 6 target gene of SARS-CoV-2.

27 Mar 2022

Biologists discover gene deletion behind abnormality in blood cancer cells

The mystery is being unraveled of why the control centers, or nuclei, of certain blood cancer cells have a distinctly odd shape.

27 Mar 2022

Researchers discover new pathway for DNA transfer in tumor microenvironment

University of Notre Dame researchers have discovered another way tumor cells transfer genetic material to other cells in their microenvironment, causing cancer to spread.

25 Mar 2022

New method for generating binding proteins solves a long-standing challenge in drug development

A team of scientists has created a powerful new method for generating protein drugs. Using computers, they designed molecules that can target important proteins in the body, such as the insulin receptor, as well as vulnerable proteins on the surface of viruses.

25 Mar 2022

Researchers show how an important inhibitor binds to the A2A receptor

The A2A receptor regulates how vigorously the innate immune system attacks diseased cells.

25 Mar 2022

Effectiveness of social distancing on COVID-19 infections and fatalities

Researchers evaluated the effectiveness of social distancing measures adopted to curb the spread of COVID-19.

25 Mar 2022

Rutgers researchers use roundworms to unravel how cells communicate with one another

Scientists have long puzzled about a critical way that cells communicate with one another, but Rutgers researchers have used a simple roundworm to solve the mystery.

25 Mar 2022

New model reveals how antibodies navigate pathogen surfaces like a child at play

A new study shows how antibodies select the antigens that they bind to, as they navigate the surface of pathogens like coronaviruses.

24 Mar 2022

Tuberculosis perturbs epigenetic processes to promote premature cellular aging

Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially serious infectious disease caused by a type of bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

24 Mar 2022

Sino Biological and Ainnocence Partner to Offer Next-Generation Antibody Development CRO Services

Sino Biological is pleased to announce a CRO services partnership with Ainnocence, Inc. of San Jose, California.

From Sino Biological Inc. 24 Mar 2022

Powerful new Cytobank platform upgrade available from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

Building on its legacy of providing labs with better solutions for analysis, management, and sharing of complex flow and mass cytometry data, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announces a series of updates to its Cytobank platform.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 24 Mar 2022

Deep-water cone snails produce a potentially painkilling compound, study reports

Scientists already know that the venom of cone snails, which prowl the ocean floor for a fish dinner, contains compounds that can be adapted as pharmaceuticals to treat chronic pain, diabetes and other human maladies.

24 Mar 2022

New therapy makes immunologically 'cold' tumors hot enough for immune attack

Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to cure or even treat. Now, a new strategy devised by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine has succeeded in making pancreatic tumors visible to the immune systems of mice and vulnerable to immune attack, reducing cancer metastases by 87%.

23 Mar 2022

Scientists develop first drug to treat uncontrolled secretion of mucins in the airways

A multicenter research team co-led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center developed the first drug to treat the uncontrolled secretion of mucins in the airways, which causes potentially life-threatening symptoms in millions of Americans with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis (CF), as well as lung disease resulting from cancer and cancer treatment.

23 Mar 2022

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Study shows how cells use octopus-like tentacles to move around the body

CDK6: a potential drug target for severe COVID-19

Biologists discover gene deletion behind abnormality in blood cancer cells

Researchers discover new pathway for DNA transfer in tumor microenvironment

New method for generating binding proteins solves a long-standing challenge in drug development

Researchers show how an important inhibitor binds to the A2A receptor

Effectiveness of social distancing on COVID-19 infections and fatalities

Rutgers researchers use roundworms to unravel how cells communicate with one another

New model reveals how antibodies navigate pathogen surfaces like a child at play

Tuberculosis perturbs epigenetic processes to promote premature cellular aging

Sino Biological and Ainnocence Partner to Offer Next-Generation Antibody Development CRO Services

Powerful new Cytobank platform upgrade available from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

Deep-water cone snails produce a potentially painkilling compound, study reports

New therapy makes immunologically 'cold' tumors hot enough for immune attack

Scientists develop first drug to treat uncontrolled secretion of mucins in the airways

Predicting the risk of some common diseases in preimplantation fertilized embryos

Researchers investigate Galectin-9 as a new treatment target for COVID-19

Study confirms no preexisting B-cell immunity against SARS-CoV-2 in pre-pandemic samples

Recombinant SARS-CoV-2 Delta-Omicron variant identified in the United States

UI neuroscientists identify fundamental biochemical mechanism underlying memory storage

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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