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Scientists discover antibody that inhibits a broad range of sarbecoviruses

Scientists have discovered an antibody that may lead to more effective treatments against a wide range of sarbecoviruses, the family of viruses that includes the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and their variants.

7 Jan 2022

Small cluster of neurons in the brain stem found to coordinate vocalization with breathing

The vocal sounds of humans - laughing, crying, and the babbling of babies - have the same rhythmic quality as the sounds made by many mammals, songbirds, and even some species of fish.

7 Jan 2022

Integrating Microplate Evaporators with Liquid Handling Robots

The Ultravap® Mistral family of microplate evaporators from Porvair Sciences are used in labs worldwide to remove the traditional laboratory ‘bottleneck’ of solvent evaporation from 12- to 384-well microplates and vials up to 15cm tall.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 7 Jan 2022

Study reveals the diverse ways that amphibians care for their young

Research led by Queen’s University Belfast has revealed the diverse ways that amphibians care for their young determine how many eggs they lay.

7 Jan 2022

New research may help better understand the causes of human diseases

New University of Gloucestershire research aims to increase our understanding of the causes of human diseases, potentially leading to the design of better treatments in the future.

7 Jan 2022

Bacterial biofilms use a developmental patterning mechanism seen in plants and animals

Over the past several years, research from University of California San Diego biologist Gürol Süel's laboratory has uncovered a series of remarkable features exhibited by clusters of bacteria that live together in communities known as biofilms.

7 Jan 2022

Grouping tumors by 'immune archetypes' points the way to personalized immunotherapies

The UCSF researchers, led by first co-authors Alexis Combes, PhD, and Bushra Samad, MS, and senior author, Max Krummel, PhD, obtained tumor specimens from 78 UCSF clinicians, and surveyed 364 tumors biopsies from patients and categorized them into groups based on their immune microenvironment.

7 Jan 2022

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron belongs to new antigenic cluster compared to all other VOCs

Researchers investigate SARS-CoV-2 antigenic drift by evaluating the neutralizing activity of sera from patients infected with all five SARS-CoV-2 VOCs.

6 Jan 2022

Research uncovers how a mouse brain understands sensory information

The brain is the most complex organ in our body – constantly absorbing and interpreting our surroundings, and guiding our movement, thoughts, behaviors and emotions.

6 Jan 2022

Researchers explore consequences of eroding norms over release of self-spreading viruses

Decades of research by generations of virologists have generally established that the use laboratory-modified self-spreading viruses is too unpredictable to be applied safely outside of contained facilities.

6 Jan 2022

New approach with mRNA preparation reprograms T cells to attack heart fibroblasts

An experimental immunotherapy can temporarily reprogram patients' immune cells to attack a specific target via only a single injection of messenger RNA (mRNA), similar to the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

6 Jan 2022

Researchers study immune cell invasion process in living fruit fly embryos

To fight infections and heal injuries, immune cells need to enter tissue. They also need to invade tumors to fight them from within.

6 Jan 2022

Study reinforces the link between microglia and some cases of brain disease

Certain subtle differences in DNA sequences are known to raise the chances a person may develop Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease.

6 Jan 2022

Researchers explore novel strategy to improve the reprogramming efficiency of human fibroblasts

Not too long ago the idea of taking, for instance a skin cell and transforming it into a muscle cell was unthinkable. About 10 years ago, however, revolutionary research showed that it is indeed possible to reprogram differentiated adult cells into other types fully capable of conducting new functions.

6 Jan 2022

Dog brains can detect speech and show different activity patterns to many languages

Dog brains can detect speech, and show different activity patterns to a familiar and an unfamiliar language, a new brain imaging study by researchers from the Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary) finds.

6 Jan 2022

PhoreMost and POLARISqb announce a multi-target collaboration to investigate next-generation cancer therapies

PhoreMost Limited and Polaris Quantum Biotech (POLARISqb) today announced a collaboration to study oncology targets currently considered undruggable.

From PhoreMost 6 Jan 2022

Cryo-ET reveals molecular mechanisms underlying gene mutations within the eye

For the first time, University of California, Irvine researchers in collaboration with the Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, have revealed, at a molecular level, key structural determinants of the highly specialized rod outer segment (ROS) membrane architecture of the eye, which is instrumental to vision.

5 Jan 2022

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Scientists discover antibody that inhibits a broad range of sarbecoviruses

Small cluster of neurons in the brain stem found to coordinate vocalization with breathing

Integrating Microplate Evaporators with Liquid Handling Robots

Study reveals the diverse ways that amphibians care for their young

New research may help better understand the causes of human diseases

Bacterial biofilms use a developmental patterning mechanism seen in plants and animals

Grouping tumors by 'immune archetypes' points the way to personalized immunotherapies

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron belongs to new antigenic cluster compared to all other VOCs

Research uncovers how a mouse brain understands sensory information

Researchers explore consequences of eroding norms over release of self-spreading viruses

New approach with mRNA preparation reprograms T cells to attack heart fibroblasts

Researchers study immune cell invasion process in living fruit fly embryos

Study reinforces the link between microglia and some cases of brain disease

Researchers explore novel strategy to improve the reprogramming efficiency of human fibroblasts

Dog brains can detect speech and show different activity patterns to many languages

PhoreMost and POLARISqb announce a multi-target collaboration to investigate next-generation cancer therapies

Cryo-ET reveals molecular mechanisms underlying gene mutations within the eye

Scientists discover a division of labor between genetic switches

Horizontal gene transfer between viruses and hosts plays a major role in driving evolution

Scientists unravel how LPS prevents or promotes development of allergic disease

Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

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