Many drugs work by inhibiting protein enzymes associated with a particular disease. Unfortunately, the same drugs can inhibit protein enzymes unrelated to the disease, resulting in harmful side effects. One potential solution ...
Biochemistry
Jan 17, 2018
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Everyone agrees that ticks are exceedingly nasty creatures. For hundreds of millions of years, they have survived on Earth by sucking blood from their victims for days, often leaving behind terrible diseases as a thank-you ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 14, 2017
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In recent years, the amount of genomic data available to scientists has exploded. With faster and cheaper techniques increasingly available, hundreds of plants, animals and microbes have been sequenced in recent years. However, ...
Other
May 18, 2016
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Most people don't think of fungal infections as deadly—they are generally viewed as annoyances—athlete's foot, for instance.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 22, 2016
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A new immune-suppressing therapy has led to the longest survival yet for a cross-species heart transplant, according to new research conducted in part by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM).
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 6, 2016
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