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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.

Organoid Platform Could Help Reduce the Time for Developing New Conjugate Vaccines

Developing and testing new treatments or vaccines for humans almost always requires animal trials, but these experiments can sometimes take years to complete and can raise ethical concerns about the animals' treatment.

13 Apr 2023

New Method for Improving Gene Therapy With Nanobubbles

Beyond vaccines, mRNA offers immense potential to fight disease, but targeting the genetic material to specific diseased cells is challenging-; requiring a new method.

12 Apr 2023

Exceptional Number of Unknown Viruses Found in the Infants' Feces

Viruses are usually associated with illness. But our bodies are full of both bacteria and viruses that constantly proliferate and interact with each other in our gastrointestinal tract.

12 Apr 2023

Scientists Illuminate the Mechanism that Raises and Lowers PSMA Expression in Prostate Cancer

Like the better-known prostate-specific antigen (PSA), prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a biomarker that can tell physicians much about a patient's metastatic prostate cancer.

11 Apr 2023

CRISPR-Cas9 Driven Gene-Editing Tool Models Liver Cancer Tumor Subtypes

Mutations in human genes can cause serious issues, such as colon or liver cancer. However, cancer is a very complex condition. Mutations in the same genes can result in distinct kinds of cancers in different persons.

11 Apr 2023

Unraveling Regulatory Mechanisms When Plants Use Nitrogenous Fertilizers in the Roots

Insights into gene and protein control systems that regulate the use of nitrogen by plant roots could help develop crops that require less nitrogenous fertilizers to produce acceptable yields.

11 Apr 2023

New Epigenetic Vulnerability Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Revealed

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive blood cancer that causes uncontrolled accumulation of white blood cells. Because of the poor outcomes of this disease, researchers across the globe have been on the hunt for new ways to treat AML, while preserving normal blood development.

10 Apr 2023

The Modified Development Potential of Worm Embryonic Cells

A startling discovery that challenges the conventional wisdom that the majority of the hereditary information for cell differentiation is encoded within DNA and other genetic factors has been made regarding how specific proteins within the chromosomes of roundworms facilitate their offspring to develop specialized cells generations later.

10 Apr 2023

Trinity Scientists Discover New Mechanisms Involved in Establishing Cellular Identity

A team of scientists led by those in Trinity College Dublin has discovered new mechanisms involved in establishing cellular identity, a process that ensures the billions of different cells in our bodies do the correct job.

10 Apr 2023

Researchers Identify Antibody that may Block Infection by All Dominant SARS-CoV-2 Variants

A team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Scripps Research and the University of Chicago has identified an antibody that appears to block infection by all dominant variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, including Omicron, the most recent.

10 Apr 2023

Novel Method can Measure the Abundance and Modification of tRNA Molecules in a Single Step

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules are present in all living cells, with different types of RNA having different jobs.

7 Apr 2023

Novel Protein Involved in Tumor Suppression Identified

Understanding how cancer develops is critical for designing effective, personalized cancer therapies. Researchers have known for years that cancer begins with mutations in certain types of genes.

7 Apr 2023

Evolutionary Encounter of Two Protein Components Could Occur Entirely by Chance

Proteins are the key players for virtually all molecular processes within the cell. To fulfil their diverse functions, they have to interact with other proteins.

7 Apr 2023

Research Reveals Why Viruses can Reinfect a Population of Previously Immune Hosts

The human body is capable of creating a vast, diverse repertoire of antibodies-;the Y-shaped sniffer dogs of the immune system that can find and flag foreign invaders.

7 Apr 2023

Promoting Gut Health in Mice with Broccoli Consumption

It is well known that broccoli is good for human health. For instance, studies have indicated that increasing the intake of cruciferous vegetables lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes and cancer.

7 Apr 2023

The Role of Siglec-14 Receptors on Human Macrophages in CNT Recognition in Humans

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are novel nanomaterials with potential uses in a variety of sectors. However, the harm they represent to people is unknown, and studies have revealed that multiwalled CNTs cause an immune response in mice.

7 Apr 2023

Danforth Center’s New Semi-Dwarf Teff Cleared by USDA

A pre-market regulatory status review conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has concluded that teff modified by genome editing to have a semi-dwarf stature is not subject to biotechnology regulation under USDA's SECURE Rule.

5 Apr 2023

Study Paves the Way to Targeted Treatments for Stargardt Disease

A recent study in the Journal of Biological Chemistry revealed the key to a protein that commonly causes blindness.

5 Apr 2023

Enhancing Cancer Modeling with New Genetic Analysis Tool

Healthy food and exercise habits can have a big impact on a person’s general health. However, an individual’s genetics largely determines their chance of developing cancer.

5 Apr 2023

The “Hangry” Stage of Bacteria Cells

The word “hangry” describes individuals who become angry due to hunger. According to a recent study by Adam Rosenthal, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of microbiology and immunology, some bacteria cells experience hangry and release toxic substances into the body when they are denied certain nutrients.

5 Apr 2023

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Organoid Platform Could Help Reduce the Time for Developing New Conjugate Vaccines

New Method for Improving Gene Therapy With Nanobubbles

Exceptional Number of Unknown Viruses Found in the Infants' Feces

Scientists Illuminate the Mechanism that Raises and Lowers PSMA Expression in Prostate Cancer

CRISPR-Cas9 Driven Gene-Editing Tool Models Liver Cancer Tumor Subtypes

Unraveling Regulatory Mechanisms When Plants Use Nitrogenous Fertilizers in the Roots

New Epigenetic Vulnerability Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Revealed

The Modified Development Potential of Worm Embryonic Cells

Trinity Scientists Discover New Mechanisms Involved in Establishing Cellular Identity

Researchers Identify Antibody that may Block Infection by All Dominant SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Novel Method can Measure the Abundance and Modification of tRNA Molecules in a Single Step

Novel Protein Involved in Tumor Suppression Identified

Evolutionary Encounter of Two Protein Components Could Occur Entirely by Chance

Research Reveals Why Viruses can Reinfect a Population of Previously Immune Hosts

Promoting Gut Health in Mice with Broccoli Consumption

The Role of Siglec-14 Receptors on Human Macrophages in CNT Recognition in Humans

Danforth Center’s New Semi-Dwarf Teff Cleared by USDA

Study Paves the Way to Targeted Treatments for Stargardt Disease

Enhancing Cancer Modeling with New Genetic Analysis Tool

The “Hangry” Stage of Bacteria Cells

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