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Innovative tool to speed up the drug discovery process

A better understanding of the interaction between a molecule and the organism is important to consider its therapeutic potential.

21 May 2020

Scientists develop a new way to reactivate silenced genes

All cells in an organism are known to have the same genetic data but not all carry out the same function. This is because all the cells do not contain the same active genes.

19 May 2020

Direct Control Of Dendritic Cells For Tracking And Immune Modulation

Dendritic cells are one of our bodies' first line of defense and are stationed like sentinels at all surfaces, as well as in most of our organs.

19 May 2020

The Global Hunt To Block COVID-19

A molecular biologist is working with a world leader in artificial intelligence-based drug discovery to help find a molecule that could prevent SARS-CoV-2.

19 May 2020

Researchers discover group of genes with altered expression in autism

Autism has long been associated only with behavioral and environmental factors, but the role of genetics in its development is now increasingly evident. Some 100 genes have been found to play a role in autism spectrum disorder, and another thousand are being studied to the same end.

15 May 2020

A Combo Of Fasting Plus Vitamin C Is Effective For Hard-To-Treat Cancers

Scientists have found that a fasting-mimicking diet could be more effective at treating some types of cancer when combined with vitamin C.

14 May 2020

Evidence of the ‘metabolon’

AZoLifeSciences speaks to Dr. Vidhi Pateek about her teams research that led to discovering evidence of the metabolon's existence.

From Penn State University 14 May 2020

New 3D imaging method can identify sperm cells moving at a high speed

Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a safe and accurate 3D imaging method to identify sperm cells moving at a high speed.

12 May 2020

New type of antigen-presenting immune cell discovered

With a discovery that could rewrite the immunology textbooks, an international group of scientists, including the teams of Bart Lambrecht, Martin Guilliams, Hamida Hammad, and Charlotte Scott (all from the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research) identified a new type of antigen-presenting immune cell.

12 May 2020

New study sheds light on enigmatic giant microbes

In the recent past, researchers have uncovered giant viruses in some of the most enigmatic locations in the world, from Siberia’s thawing permafrost to locations unknown under the Antarctic ice.

11 May 2020

Geneticists Revealed New Potential Causes Of Female Infertility

Over the last six years, a group of geneticists has studied genes associated primarily with female hormone synthesis and ovarian follicle development.

7 May 2020

Researchers design novel cell culture model of human intestine to study COVID-19

Scientists have identified that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, known to cause COVID-19, infects intestinal cells and undergo proliferation there.

4 May 2020

Scientists Take A Step Closer To Heat-Tolerant Wheat

Researchers working on molecular-level responses in crops have taken a step closer to their goal of producing heat-tolerant wheat.

4 May 2020

MSC‐induced Treg population can yield abundant replacement for naturally occurring T-cells

A new study released today in STEM CELLS suggests for the first time that regulatory T-cells (Treg) induced by mesenchymal stromal cells can yield an abundant replacement for naturally occurring T-cells, which are vital in protecting the body from infection.

30 Apr 2020