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Bio & Medicine May 31, 2024

A new way to see viruses in action: Super-resolution microscopy provides a nano-scale look

A new, nano-scale look at how the SARS-CoV-2 virus replicates in cells may offer greater precision in drug development, a Stanford University team reports in Nature Communications. Using advanced microscopy techniques, the ...

Cell & Microbiology May 31, 2024

Researchers discover 'Trojan Horse' virus hiding in human parasite

An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found a new RNA virus that they believe is hitching a ride with a common human parasite.

Cell & Microbiology May 31, 2024

Scientists discover virus-like nanoparticles control the multicellular organization and reproduction of host bacteria

Researchers from University of Tsukuba have discovered that virus-like nanoparticles can promote the multicellular organization and reproduction of host bacteria. These particles, which are evolutionarily related to phages ...

Molecular & Computational biology May 30, 2024

Novel virus identified in zebrafish from the pet trade causes disease in laboratory fish

Zebrafish in the pet trade are asymptomatic carriers of previously undescribed microbes, including a novel virus that causes hemorrhaging in infected laboratory fish, Marlen Rice from the University of Utah, US, and colleagues ...

Biotechnology May 30, 2024

New modified CRISPR protein can fit inside virus used for gene therapy

Researchers have developed a novel version of a key CRISPR gene-editing protein that shows efficient editing activity and is small enough to be packaged within a non-pathogenic virus that can deliver it to target cells. Hongjian ...

Social Sciences May 30, 2024

Misleading COVID-19 headlines from mainstream sources did more harm on Facebook than fake news, study finds

Since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, fake news on social media has been widely blamed for low vaccine uptake in the United States—but research by MIT Sloan School of Management Ph.D. candidate Jennifer Allen ...

Agriculture May 30, 2024

Clues from bird flu's ground zero on dairy farms in the Texas panhandle

In early February, dairy farmers in the Texas Panhandle began to notice sick cattle. The buzz soon reached Darren Turley, executive director of the Texas Association of Dairymen: "They said there is something moving from ...

Molecular & Computational biology May 30, 2024

A novel diagnostic for fish herpesvirus diagnostics and treatment

Researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, have established a highly permissive cell line GiCS derived from the skin tissue of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio). This cell line, along with a novel ...

Biochemistry May 29, 2024

A new Hungarian method may aid protein research

In a paper recently published in Nature Communications, the HUN-REN-ELTE Protein Modeling Research Group (Institute of Chemistry) has laid the foundations for a mathematical method, allowing the computer-assisted comparison ...

Biochemistry May 29, 2024

Researchers apply quantum computing methods to protein structure prediction

Researchers from Cleveland Clinic and IBM have recently published findings in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation that could lay the groundwork for applying quantum computing methods to protein structure prediction.

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