Researchers say they can now produce a vast library of unique cyclic compounds, some with the capacity to interrupt specific protein-protein interactions that play a role in disease. The new compounds have cyclic structures ...
Biochemistry
Mar 12, 2018
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A test capable of detecting HIV early using more efficient, robust methods has been developed by researchers at Imperial.
Bio & Medicine
Feb 1, 2018
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Public health officials have a tough choice to make when it comes to screening people for HIV: administer a reliable blood test that can detect infections early on, but that few people will volunteer for, or give people a ...
Biochemistry
Jan 22, 2018
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A KAIST research team of Professor Hyun Gyu Park at Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering developed a new technology to detect the activity of RNase H, a RNA degrading enzyme. The team used highly efficient ...
Biochemistry
Dec 13, 2017
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Computer modeling has helped a team of scientists, including several scholars from the University of Chicago, to decode previously unknown details about the process by which HIV forces cells to spread the virus to other cells. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 8, 2017
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37 million people around the world today live with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which is responsible for roughly 1.1 million deaths caused by AIDS-related conditions.
Mathematics
Oct 19, 2017
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Fifteen years ago, a class of proteins was discovered, which give humans innate immunity to HIV-1. Unfortunately, HIV-1 is a smart virus and has evolved to battle these proteins. Northeastern researchers, with help from their ...
Biochemistry
Oct 12, 2017
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HIV's pernicious persistence in human populations—despite more than 25 years of heroic HIV research efforts —owes in part to its particular abilities to exploit its human hosts, constantly adapting and mutating to enhance ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 3, 2017
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One of the most common waterborne diseases worldwide is cryptosporidiosis, a parasitic disease affecting the small intestine and possibly our airways. It is a common cause of diarrhoea in HIV-positive patients, who are known ...
General Physics
Sep 13, 2017
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Yale scientists have developed a new class of small molecules that attack fungal infections by clinging to the cell wall of harmful fungi and recruiting a swarm of antibodies to join the fight.
Biochemistry
Sep 12, 2017
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