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Scientists develop novel lab testing procedure for detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

Knowing you have developed antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus after recovering from COVID-19 doesn't tell you everything about your immunity.

20 Oct 2020

A new look at an old technique for studying protein dynamics

A fresh new look at an old technique in protein biochemistry has shown that it should be reintroduced to the spectroscopy toolkit.

20 Oct 2020

Researchers develop new approach that uses DNA-synthesizing biological enzyme

According to current estimates, the amount of data produced by humans and machines is rising at an exponential rate, with the digital universe doubling in size every two years.

19 Oct 2020

Army researchers test alternative ways to measure COVID-19 antibody levels

Researchers with the U.S. Army Futures Command are part of a team that tested alternative ways to measure COVID-19 antibody levels, resulting in a process that is faster, easier and less expensive to use on a large scale. Their method holds promise for accurately identifying potential donors who have the best chance of helping infected patients through convalescent plasma therapy.

15 Oct 2020

Statins can reduce risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases

According to a study recently published in the eLife journal, cholesterol-lowering drugs, known as statins, may lower cancer risk in humans via a pathway unassociated with cholesterol.

15 Oct 2020

Enzyme SSH1 impairs disposal of damaged tau and mitochondria leaking toxins

In a healthy brain, the multistep waste clearance process known as autophagy routinely removes and degrades damaged cell components - including malformed proteins like tau and toxic mitochondria.

13 Oct 2020

Oncopig fulfills the unmet clinical modeling needs for hepatocellular carcinoma

Volume 11, Issue 28 of Oncotarget features "Development and comprehensive characterization of porcine hepatocellular carcinoma for translational liver cancer investigation" by Gaba et, al. which reported that reliable development of Oncopig HCC cell lines was demonstrated through hepatocyte isolation and Cre recombinase exposure across 15 Oncopigs.

12 Oct 2020

Scientists discern molecular mechanisms underlying plant parasitism and cross-species grafting

Using the model Orobanchaceae parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum, scientists from Nagoya University and other research institutes from Japan have discerned the molecular mechanisms underlying plant parasitism and cross-species grafting, pinpointing enzyme β-1,4-glucanase (GH9B3) as an important contributor to both phenomena.

12 Oct 2020

Cyanobacteria As "Green" Catalysts In Biotechnology

Cyanobacteria are known as "blue-green algae", and convert light energy into chemical energy effectively thanks to their active photosynthetic cells.

7 Oct 2020

Imaging technique could replace invasive tissue biopsies to determine cancer drug resistance

Imaging techniques could replace the need for invasive tissue biopsies in helping rapidly determine whether cancer treatments are working effectively, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge.

7 Oct 2020

Researchers reveal mechanism behind osimertinib resistance in some lung-cancer patients

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Nature Communications the mechanism making some lung-cancer patients resistant to the drug osimertinib.

7 Oct 2020

Researchers demonstrate new method to increase catalytic activity of cyanobacteria

Although cyanobacteria are known to stain water green through their unique pigments, they are colloquially referred to as “blue-green algae.”

6 Oct 2020

Deep learning-based technique could boost drug development

When you take a medication, you want to know precisely what it does. Pharmaceutical companies go through extensive testing to ensure that you do.

6 Oct 2020

Understanding beta-cell growth mechanisms may help treat metabolic diseases

New treatments for metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, could emerge from a study of how a single enzyme controls the growth of the pancreatic cells that produce insulin.

5 Oct 2020

Researchers identify small molecules that target a structure within SARS-CoV-2 genome

SARS-CoV-2 is a virus that is responsible for causing COVID-19. This pathogen has now crippled economies, health care systems, and everyday lives across the world.

5 Oct 2020

Researchers find way to engineer more efficient versions of plant enzyme

Researchers have found a way to engineer more efficient versions of the plant enzyme Rubisco by using a red-algae-like Rubisco from a bacterium.

29 Sep 2020

Researchers identify role of glycans in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

With a surge in the COVID-19 cases, scientists are working actively to develop therapies and vaccines to impede SARS-CoV-2.

25 Sep 2020

Researchers discover how antibiotic resistance genes spread via plasmids

For the first time, researchers have discovered how antibiotic resistance genes are spreading, at a continental scale, via bacterial plasmids in the hospital superbug, Klebsiella pneumoniae.

25 Sep 2020

New antibodies could form the basis of a broad-spectrum flu drug

Researchers have identified two antibodies that protect mice against lethal infections of influenza B virus, report scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

25 Sep 2020

Scientists uncover new parvovirus strategy for reaching the cell nucleus

Researchers at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, in collaboration with American scientists, have uncovered a new parvovirus strategy for reaching the cell nucleus which is their site of replication.

25 Sep 2020

Enzyme News and Research

Scientists develop novel lab testing procedure for detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

A new look at an old technique for studying protein dynamics

Researchers develop new approach that uses DNA-synthesizing biological enzyme

Army researchers test alternative ways to measure COVID-19 antibody levels

Statins can reduce risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases

Enzyme SSH1 impairs disposal of damaged tau and mitochondria leaking toxins

Oncopig fulfills the unmet clinical modeling needs for hepatocellular carcinoma

Scientists discern molecular mechanisms underlying plant parasitism and cross-species grafting

Cyanobacteria As "Green" Catalysts In Biotechnology

Imaging technique could replace invasive tissue biopsies to determine cancer drug resistance

Researchers reveal mechanism behind osimertinib resistance in some lung-cancer patients

Researchers demonstrate new method to increase catalytic activity of cyanobacteria

Deep learning-based technique could boost drug development

Understanding beta-cell growth mechanisms may help treat metabolic diseases

Researchers identify small molecules that target a structure within SARS-CoV-2 genome

Researchers find way to engineer more efficient versions of plant enzyme

Researchers identify role of glycans in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

Researchers discover how antibiotic resistance genes spread via plasmids

New antibodies could form the basis of a broad-spectrum flu drug

Scientists uncover new parvovirus strategy for reaching the cell nucleus

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