Double-stranded breaks (DSBs) are among the most hazardous forms of DNA damage. The checkpoint protein kinase ATM plays a key role in the repair of DSBs. Many anti-tumor drugs act by inducing DSB formation, so inhibition ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 30, 2021
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Researchers at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS (IOCB Prague) and the Technical University of Liberec in collaboration with researchers from the Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, the Department ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 30, 2021
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Researchers from the group of Hans Clevers in collaboration with the group of Bart Haagmans (Erasmus MC) established an organoid biobank to search for the genes that are essential for the spreading of a SARS-CoV2 infection. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 24, 2021
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More than 2 billion people worldwide are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. However, many who live in resource-limited countries haven't been able to get vaccines, partly because these areas lack temperature-controlled shipping ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 22, 2021
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Mycobacterium abscessus, a relative of the bacteria that cause tuberculosis and leprosy, is responsible for particularly severe damage to human lungs and can be resistant to many standard antibiotics, making infections extremely ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 17, 2021
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In the movies, scientists can take a sample of someone's blood, put it in a mass spectrometer, and quickly determine everything that's in the sample.
Biochemistry
Sep 16, 2021
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Safe and effective vaccines offer hope for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the possible emergence of vaccine-resistant SARS-CoV-2 variants, as well as novel coronaviruses, make finding treatments that work against ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 21, 2021
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The results of scientific research can often bring considerable societal and economic benefits. But the path from the lab bench to a real-world application can take years, even for projects that are designed from the outset ...
Other
Jul 16, 2021
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Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed immune cell-mimicking nanoparticles that target inflammation in the lungs and deliver drugs directly where they're needed. As a proof of concept, the ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 16, 2021
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When starting a vaccine program, scientists generally have anecdotal understanding of the disease they're aiming to target. When COVID-19 surfaced over a year ago, there were so many unknowns about the fast-moving virus that ...
Biotechnology
May 19, 2021
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