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CD63-expressing extracellular vesicles neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Researchers evaluate antiviral effects of CD63 tetraspanin extracellular vesicles against SARS-CoV-2 and HIV-1.

22 Mar 2022

Accumulation of damaged mitochondria triggers inflammatory processes that cause muscle atrophy

The loss of muscle mass and strength during aging is called sarcopenia. Affecting the elderly population, sarcopenia is a degenerative process that brings about a decrease in wellbeing and increased dependency.

22 Mar 2022

Fermented soybean waste could help mitigate effects of diet-induced obesity

An international team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Waseda University in Japan have found that fermented soybean waste, or okara, could improve fat metabolism and mitigate effects of diet-induced obesity.

22 Mar 2022

Function of glycolytic enzyme depends on its cellular localization

The function of the glycolytic enzyme hexokinase 1 differs depending on its location within the cell, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Molecular Cell.

22 Mar 2022

Researchers identify a protein that protects against breast cancer growth

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a protein that protects against breast tumor growth and that can be linked to a better prognosis in breast cancer patients.

22 Mar 2022

BGI discovery could pave the way for advances in organ regeneration and synthetic biology

In a world-first, scientists from BGI-Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a group of partners published a study in Nature, announcing the discovery of a transgene-free, rapid, and controllable method to convert pluripotent stem-cells into bona fide 8-cell totipotent embryo-like cells, paving the way for advances in organ regeneration and synthetic biology.

22 Mar 2022

Scientists find striking lane-like patterns in bacteria populations

It's well understood that populations of species don't distribute at random. Rather, as populations grow, individuals are organized around barriers in the landscape

22 Mar 2022

Predatory bacterium can sculpt its own shape to fit inside the prey

Scientists have found that a predatory bacterium, capable of invading and consuming harmful bugs such as E.coli and Salmonella, can sculpt its own shape to fit inside its prey.

22 Mar 2022

Experts highlight understated ethics, unclear utility of polygenic embryo testing

New technologies are expanding the reach and accessibility of preimplantation genetic testing of human embryos. But what these advances can deliver is still unclear, and a frank assessment of their profound ethical implications is urgently needed, concludes a commentary in Nature Medicine.

22 Mar 2022

Scientists reveal how 911 DNA checkpoint clamp helps repair the damaged DNA

When something goes wrong during DNA replication, cells call their own version of 911 to pause the process and fix the problem - a failsafe that is critical to maintaining health and staving off disease.

22 Mar 2022

Antimalarial drugs are also effective at treating a pulmonary disease, study finds

A research team at Colorado State University has discovered that drugs used to treat malaria are also effective at treating a pulmonary disease similar to tuberculosis.

21 Mar 2022

Research reveals enzyme-driven process that activates anti-cancer molecule

Years of toil in the laboratory have revealed how a marine bacterium makes a potent anti-cancer molecule.

21 Mar 2022

Researchers offer a clear picture of how the 9-1-1 clamp is recruited to sites of DNA damage

DNA is often likened to a blueprint. The particular sequence of As, Cs, Gs, and Ts in DNA provides information for building an organism.

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

Intranasal delivery of pro-resolving lipid mediators arrests memory loss in experimental Alzheimer’s model

A research collaboration between scientists at LSU Health New Orleans and the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has found that applying specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators intranasally arrested memory loss and brain degeneration in an experimental model of Alzheimer's Disease (AD).

21 Mar 2022

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CD63-expressing extracellular vesicles neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Accumulation of damaged mitochondria triggers inflammatory processes that cause muscle atrophy

Fermented soybean waste could help mitigate effects of diet-induced obesity

Function of glycolytic enzyme depends on its cellular localization

Researchers identify a protein that protects against breast cancer growth

BGI discovery could pave the way for advances in organ regeneration and synthetic biology

Scientists find striking lane-like patterns in bacteria populations

Predatory bacterium can sculpt its own shape to fit inside the prey

Experts highlight understated ethics, unclear utility of polygenic embryo testing

Scientists reveal how 911 DNA checkpoint clamp helps repair the damaged DNA

Antimalarial drugs are also effective at treating a pulmonary disease, study finds

Research reveals enzyme-driven process that activates anti-cancer molecule

Researchers offer a clear picture of how the 9-1-1 clamp is recruited to sites of DNA damage

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

Intranasal delivery of pro-resolving lipid mediators arrests memory loss in experimental Alzheimer’s model

Oral drug that reverses immune aging effectively prevents death in COVID-19 mouse model

New insight into genetic mechanisms that control appetite and energy metabolism early in life

SEQENS makes multi-million-dollar investment in U.S. R&D laboratory

Sectra signs digital pathology contract with Erasmus MC

Waste coffee grounds may help detect minute levels of neurotransmitters

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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