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Proteins are complex molecules that are made up of amino acids. They can be found in every cell in the body, and carry out vital processes that keep human beings alive. Mutations in proteins can lead to a multitude of diseases, the most common being cancer.

New technology harnesses a natural feature of therapeutic antibodies to attack blood cancer cells

Researchers at the University of Southampton and biopharma company UCB have found a way to enhance the natural ability of therapeutic antibodies to attack blood cancer cells using part of the human immune system known as the complement cascade, opening the way for a potential new class of treatments.

8 Sep 2021

Study details replication and immune evasion of Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant

According to scientists, the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has likely spread through its capability to avoid neutralizing antibodies and its heightened infectivity.

8 Sep 2021

Study explores the efficiency of CasMINI, an engineered CRISPR-Cas system

A compact CRISPR-Cas system, known as CasMINI, can be employed for gene-therapy and cell-engineering applications as it is easier to deliver into cells.

7 Sep 2021

Researchers develop a novel process to desalinate whey

Scientists reveal that the increased salt content of whey makes it one of the most polluting byproducts in the food processing industry.

7 Sep 2021

Study provides deep insights into the association between genes and diseases

Scientists examined genomic data from more than 30,000 individuals and unraveled thousands of new regulatory regions that regulate disease-linked genes.

7 Sep 2021

Imaging technique can help visualize ultrastructural changes to dendritic spines in nanoscale resolution

Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) have developed a new imaging technique capable of visualizing the dynamically changing structure of dendritic spines with unprecedented resolution.

6 Sep 2021

Researchers develop a new system for rapid, sensitive measurement of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

A research team at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science in Japan has developed a diagnostic system that can rapidly and sensitively measure the amount of antibodies in the blood that can protect us from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

6 Sep 2021

Miniature CRISPR-Cas system expands applicability and implications further

For the first time, Stanford researchers have miniaturized CRISPR for mammalian gene editing, which magnifies the scope of CRISPR technology.

3 Sep 2021

Growing wheat endowed with biological nitrification inhibition raises productivity, quality

An international collaboration has discovered and transferred to elite wheat varieties a wild-grass chromosome segment that causes roots to secrete natural inhibitors of nitrification, offering a way to dial back on heavy fertilizer use for wheat and to reduce the crop's nitrogen leakage into waterways and air, while maintaining or raising its productivity and grain quality, says a new report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

3 Sep 2021

Study details the role of PANoptosome in activating innate immune response

Immunologists discovered how immune sensors in infected cells organize and initiate an immune response to infections with living bacteria and viruses.

3 Sep 2021

Study reveals possibilities to disrupt dynamics and halt SARS-CoV-2 transmission

Researchers have simulated the transition of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein structure from the time it recognizes the host cell to its entry into the cell.

2 Sep 2021

UMSOM study suggests a genetic basis behind instantaneous human compatibility

Have you ever met someone you instantly liked, or at other times, someone who you knew immediately that you did not want to be friends with, although you did not know why?

2 Sep 2021

Experts decode the genetic mechanism governing the speed of mRNA translation

The genetic material of all eukaryotic organisms is stored in the cell nucleus in the form of DNA. The DNA is first transcribed into messenger RNA in the cell cytoplasm and later translated into protein using ribosomes for it to be used, where ribosomes are small machines capable of decoding messenger RNA to synthesize the relevant proteins.

1 Sep 2021

New drug delivery strategy could make it easier for patients to take their medications

In recent years, scientists have developed monoclonal antibodies -; proteins that mimic the body's own immune defenses -; that can combat a variety of diseases, including some cancers and autoimmune disorders such as Crohn's disease.

31 Aug 2021

Study employs inflammatory proteins to diagnose the early onset of Alzheimer’s

According to recent research, investigating some inflammatory proteins will enable diagnosis of the earlier onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

31 Aug 2021

Brain cholesterol promotes toxic amyloid plaque formation in Alzheimer’s disease

Research has revealed higher cholesterol supply from astrocytes to neurons in the model of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) brains.

31 Aug 2021

Study proposes a novel approach for developing safer analgesics

Opioids are potent painkillers; however, their use is hampered as patients become tolerant to them, necessitating more and more doses.

From The University of California, Davis 31 Aug 2021

Stanford researchers use machine learning approach to solve structural biology challenges

Determining the 3D shapes of biological molecules is one of the hardest problems in modern biology and medical discovery. Companies and research institutions often spend millions of dollars to determine a molecular structure – and even such massive efforts are frequently unsuccessful.

27 Aug 2021

Researchers develop a method to engineer new functionalities into cells

Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have developed a method to engineer new functionalities into cells. The results were published today in the journal Cell in the article "Dual film-like organelles enable spatial separation of orthogonal eukaryotic translation".

26 Aug 2021

Novel method improves the resolution of hard X-ray nanotomography

It's been a truth for a long time: if you want to study the movement and behavior of single atoms, electron microscopy can give you what X-rays can't. X-rays are good at penetrating into samples -; they allow you to see what happens inside batteries as they charge and discharge, for example -; but historically they have not been able to spatially image with the same precision electrons can.

25 Aug 2021

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New technology harnesses a natural feature of therapeutic antibodies to attack blood cancer cells

Study details replication and immune evasion of Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant

Study explores the efficiency of CasMINI, an engineered CRISPR-Cas system

Researchers develop a novel process to desalinate whey

Study provides deep insights into the association between genes and diseases

Imaging technique can help visualize ultrastructural changes to dendritic spines in nanoscale resolution

Researchers develop a new system for rapid, sensitive measurement of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

Miniature CRISPR-Cas system expands applicability and implications further

Growing wheat endowed with biological nitrification inhibition raises productivity, quality

Study details the role of PANoptosome in activating innate immune response

Study reveals possibilities to disrupt dynamics and halt SARS-CoV-2 transmission

UMSOM study suggests a genetic basis behind instantaneous human compatibility

Experts decode the genetic mechanism governing the speed of mRNA translation

New drug delivery strategy could make it easier for patients to take their medications

Study employs inflammatory proteins to diagnose the early onset of Alzheimer’s

Brain cholesterol promotes toxic amyloid plaque formation in Alzheimer’s disease

Study proposes a novel approach for developing safer analgesics

Stanford researchers use machine learning approach to solve structural biology challenges

Researchers develop a method to engineer new functionalities into cells

Novel method improves the resolution of hard X-ray nanotomography

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