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Computational model could help translate drugs from animal studies to human

August 5, 2020
News
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...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Physiology
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AI transformation in a post-pandemic world

August 3, 2020
Insight
Ross Upton considers how COVID-19 is driving the use of AI to protect and transform public health now and, potentially, into the future…
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
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
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Cryogenic electron microscopy freeze-frames SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

July 22, 2020
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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...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Covid-19, Cytology, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health
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New molecular tool precisely edits mitochondrial DNA

July 14, 2020
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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...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry

July 13, 2020
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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.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Environmental
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New method reveals how Parkinson’s protein damages cell membranes

July 2, 2020
News
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,...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Honey, I shrunk the cell culture

June 24, 2020
News
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...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Cytology, Immunology, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Pharmaceutical
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How to fast without having to fast

May 27, 2020
News
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...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Health, Medical/Health
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Photoactivated enzymatic oxygen transfer

May 27, 2020
News
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...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Developmental Biology, Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Biohybrid organic battery combines nanocomposite and bacteria

May 26, 2020
News
Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a programmable, biohybrid material system combining nanocomposite and bacteria for power generation.
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Energy, Engineering, Materials, Materials Science, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Organic Chemistry
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