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Computational model could help translate drugs from animal studies to human
August 5, 2020
About 50% of people who take the drug infliximab for inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's disease, end up becoming resistant or unresponsive to it. Scientists might be able to...
AI transformation in a post-pandemic world
August 3, 2020
Ross Upton considers how COVID-19 is driving the use of AI to protect and transform public health now and, potentially, into the future…
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Virology
Cryogenic electron microscopy freeze-frames SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
July 22, 2020
The rod-like spike proteins on the surface of SARS CoV-2 are the tip of the spear of the COVID-19 pandemic. The spikes bind to human cells via the ACE2 receptor...
New molecular tool precisely edits mitochondrial DNA
July 14, 2020
The genome in mitochondria -- the cell's energy-producing organelles -- is involved in disease and key biological functions, and the ability to precisely alter this DNA would allow scientists to...
Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry
July 13, 2020
Better still: living algae can be used as biocatalysts for certain substances, and they bring the co-substrate along, producing it in an environmentally friendly manner through photosynthesis.
New method reveals how Parkinson’s protein damages cell membranes
July 2, 2020
In sufferers of Parkinson's disease, clumps of α-synuclein (alpha-synuclein), sometimes known as the ‘Parkinson’s protein’, are found in the brain. These destroy cell membranes, eventually resulting in cell death. Now,...
Honey, I shrunk the cell culture
June 24, 2020
From ‘Fantastic Voyage’ to ‘Despicable Me’, shrink rays have been a science-fiction staple on screen. Now chemists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a real shrink ray...
How to fast without having to fast
May 27, 2020
As modern lifestyles and high calorie diets drive the UK's obesity levels up, researchers from the University of Warwick have found how cells respond to fasting and activate the process...
Photoactivated enzymatic oxygen transfer
May 27, 2020
Researchers at the Universities of Münster (Germany) and Pavia (Italy) have now identified an enzyme which becomes catalytically active when exposed to blue light and which immediately triggers a reaction...
Biohybrid organic battery combines nanocomposite and bacteria
May 26, 2020
Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a programmable, biohybrid material system combining nanocomposite and bacteria for power generation.
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