HIV, Ebola and most recently, COVID-19 viruses have had an enormous impact on our societies world-wide. All these viruses are "enveloped viruses," viruses that have an exterior envelope that surrounds them largely composed ...
Biochemistry
Jul 3, 2024
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Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a deep-learning model, called PepFlow, that can predict all possible shapes of peptides—chains of amino acids that are shorter than proteins, but perform similar biological ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 27, 2024
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A new AI-powered program will allow researchers to level up their drug discovery efforts.
Biotechnology
Jun 21, 2024
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Australian researchers, led by Monash University, have invented a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool which is poised to reshape virtual screening in early stage drug discovery and enhance scientists' ability to identify ...
Biochemistry
Jun 17, 2024
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A relatively simple peptide modification could unlock a whole class of targets for drug discovery, new research shows.
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 7, 2024
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During her chemistry Nobel Prize lecture in 2018, Frances Arnold said, "Today we can for all practical purposes read, write and edit any sequence of DNA, but we cannot compose it." That isn't true anymore.
Biotechnology
Jun 6, 2024
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A team of researchers has recently demonstrated the utility of employing a previously established screening system to probe the interactions between small molecules and RNA. Their study is published in Communications Chemistry.
Biochemistry
May 21, 2024
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A unique collaboration between two UT Southwestern Medical Center labs—one that studies bacteria and another that studies viruses—has identified two immune proteins that appear key to fighting infections. The findings, ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 17, 2024
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Proteins are like tiny machines in our bodies, helping with almost everything we do, including breaking down food, carrying messages between cells, and building and repairing tissues, like muscles and skin.
Molecular & Computational biology
May 16, 2024
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has numerous applications in health care, from analyzing medical imaging to optimizing the execution of clinical trials, and even facilitating drug discovery.
Biotechnology
May 16, 2024
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