Tag Archives: cell

[ad_1] A review recently posted on Journal of Medical Virology discussed some of the effects infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), can have on male fertility. In the paper, Cemile Seymen of the Gazi University Institute of Health Sciences, …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 20, 2020 A collaborative research group from the University of Oklahoma, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Merck & Co. published an opinion piece in the journal, Chemical biology of nature, which addresses the gap in the discovery of new antibiotics. The rapid spread …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 19, 2020 Scientists from Utah have discovered new functions of a key cellular machine that regulates the packaging of genes and is mutated in 20% of human cancers. The study was published today in print in the journal Molecular cell. Genes are segments of …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 19, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause significant illness and death while treatment options remain limited. Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have discovered a potential strategy to prevent life-threatening inflammation, lung damage, and organ failure in patients with COVID-19. The research …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 19, 2020 Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers have shown that the CRISPR / Cas9 system is highly effective in treating metastatic cancers, a significant step on the road to finding a cure for cancer. Researchers have developed a new lipid nanoparticle-based delivery system that …

[ad_1] If you’ve ever studied chemistry or biology, there’s a very good chance you’ve come across the common pictorial representation of what a chromosome should look like. As millions of high school and college students attest, it is a tall, narrow X shape, displaying the appearance of two chromatids joined …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 18, 2020 The ability to “see” the inner workings of structures (organelles) within cells in real time offers the promise of advances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The dynamics of organelles drive the self-efficient micro-world of cells, but current super-resolution microscopy techniques …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 18, 2020 The researchers found that a protein thought to be involved only in the development of neurons in the brain also plays an important role in the development and growth of pancreatic cancer. Their results show for the first time how the protein, …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 18, 2020 Successful drug development has a significant impact on the quality of life of people around the world. Being able to monitor how molecules enter target cells and observe what they do when they are inside is key to identifying the best candidates. …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 18, 2020 In a controlled study of smokers, non-smokers, and e-cigarette users, researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine found that e-cigarette users exhibited significantly altered immune responses to a influenza virus infection pattern, suggesting a increased susceptibility to the disease. …