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Biotechnology Sep 2, 2026

Mammalian genes can combine to make previously unknown mRNAs and proteins

For decades, scientists have understood that each of the roughly 20,000 genes in the human body carries instructions for a single kind of protein. Now, researchers at Harvard Medical School have discovered that instructions ...

Biotechnology Sep 1, 2026

AI-informed AdaptiveFlow redefines large-scale cloud computing for drug discovery

Researchers today announced AdaptiveFlow, an AI-informed platform that can virtually screen billions of drug-like molecules with a 1,000-fold reduction in computational costs over existing methods. Developed and validated ...

Cell & Microbiology Sep 1, 2026

Diatom sequencing project finds striking genetic differences among microscopic algae

An international team of more than 100 scientists has taken a major step toward unlocking the secrets of some of Earth's tiniest but most important organisms.

Biotechnology Sep 1, 2026

New AI model maps the ion binding sites that control how proteins work

Researchers at Constructor University and Constructor Labs have developed BiteNetI, a deep-learning model that locates the binding sites of 14 biologically important ion types directly in three-dimensional protein structures. ...

Cell & Microbiology Sep 1, 2026

Screening tool amplifies tiny changes in protein levels within cells

Imagine a brain teaser where the challenge is to spot the difference between two nearly identical sandcastles. The only difference? The removal of three grains of sand. Scientists face a similarly exasperating challenge when ...

Biochemistry Aug 31, 2026

New method swaps single atom in a molecule to speed drug discovery

Swapping out one letter in a word can entirely change its meaning. Similarly, swapping one atom in a molecule can completely change its identity. A group of chemists at the University of Chicago has demonstrated a new way ...

Biochemistry Aug 28, 2026

Compound with the potential to treat drug-resistant HIV identified

A large international team has developed a new compound that showed strong antiviral activity against HIV, including some drug-resistant variants.

Biotechnology Aug 28, 2026

Inspired by nature, scientists engineer tiny 'nitrogen factories' that could help future cereal crops

As fertilizer prices remain elevated, researchers at South Dakota State University are developing an innovative solution to corn's nitrogen supply problems by taking inspiration from an ancient Mexican variety and root nodules ...

Cell & Microbiology Aug 27, 2026

Candida fungi can burst immune cells and shape-shift to evade immunity

Candida auris and Candida albicans are microscopic fungi that cause life-threatening human infections, killing almost a million people globally every year. The World Health Organization lists both species among the top four ...

Biotechnology Aug 26, 2026

AI designs new antibodies that pass blinded laboratory tests

Researchers affiliated with UTHealth Houston, competing under the team name Novamab AI, placed among the top five teams in the international AIntibody Challenge, a blinded, prospective benchmark published in Nature Biotechnology.

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