"Tis the season for hiking now that spring has arrived and temperatures are on the upswing. But with hikes come insect bites and on the increase in North America is babesiosis, a malaria-like disease spread especially between ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 13, 2023
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions report in the journal Nature Communications how a mutation in the enzyme SKD3 can cause a form of a genetic disease known as 3-methylglutaconic aciduria ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2023
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The highly contagious canine distemper virus is dangerous to dogs and wild life animals. It is also closely related to the equally highly contagious measles virus. Researchers at the University of Bern and the Zurich University ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 15, 2023
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Scientists have discovered a new way to suppress mutations that lead to a wide range of genetic disorders.
Biotechnology
Mar 9, 2023
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Nanomaterials inspired by amyloid proteins are gaining interest in nanotechnology, due to their modularity, controlled self-assembly and stability. A key advantage of these materials is the possibility of incorporating protein ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 28, 2023
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Planaria are freshwater flatworms that have become a key model for studying regeneration and stem cells, as they can regenerate any part of the body, even the head. But how does the animal know what part of its body is missing ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 14, 2023
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University of Chicago scientists have discovered a new wrinkle in our understanding of how our genes work. The team, led by Chuan He, the UChicago John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 13, 2023
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Drug overdoses in the United States have risen sharply in the last two decades. Nearly 92,000 people died from overdoses of illegal drugs and prescription opioids in 2020—more than five times the number of deaths in the ...
Biochemistry
Dec 15, 2022
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Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have developed a computer model—dubbed quantitative fate mapping—that looks back in the developmental timeline to trace the origin of cells in a fully grown organism. The ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 12, 2022
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MIT researchers have identified molecules found in mucus that can block cholera infection by interfering with the genes that cause the microbe to switch into a harmful state.
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 12, 2022
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