Tag Archives: cell

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 8, 2020 The European Research Council (ERC) is providing € 10 million in funding for an interdisciplinary and collaborative project in the structural and biophysical analysis of selected photoreceptors and their development into “OptoGPCR”, light-controlled molecular switches with a wide range of applications in …

[ad_1] As the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to cause many difficulties for public health authorities, research is underway to understand how the virus can cause fatal effects on infected people and thus suggest effective preventive and therapeutic measures against it. . A new study by researchers from Houston …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 6, 2020 Researchers from the universities of Melbourne, York, Warwick and Oxford have shed light on how encapsulated viruses such as hepatitis B, dengue and SARS-CoV-2 hijack the production and distribution pathways of proteins in the cell – they have also identified a potential …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 5, 2020 Scientists have used gene therapy to regenerate damaged nerve fibers in the eye, in a discovery that could help develop new treatments for glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Axons – nerve fibers – in the adult central nervous system (CNS) …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 4, 2020 Researchers at Kanazawa University monitored the blue-green light emission from water-soluble tetraphenylethene molecules adsorbed to a liquid-liquid interface adsorbed by phospholipids, made to resemble a biomembrane. They found that the process could be reversibly controlled by an externally applied potential (voltage), which …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 4, 2020 A new study from the University of Colorado Boulder sheds light on a protein key to controlling how cells grow, proliferate and function and have long been implicated in tumor development. The results, published this week in the journal Genes and development, …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.October 28, 2020 Using a new technique, a team of researchers from McGill University found tiny and previously undetectable “hot spots” of extremely high stiffness within aggressive and invasive breast cancers. Their findings suggest, for the first time, that only tiny regions of a tumor …

[ad_2][ad_1] John McAfee, an eccentric millionaire, cryptocurrency enthusiast, and antivirus expert, was recently arrested in Spain on US tax evasion charges. He also faces allegations stemming from a series of questionable crypto promotions, from which he would have made millions of dollars. Although he is currently in a Spanish prison, …

[ad_1] A recent study published on the prepress server bioRxiv* in October 2020 reports the development of a new vaccine based on a simian adenoviral vector obtained from a group C gorilla isolate called GRAd32. This could help accelerate vaccine development. Low seroprevalence for simian adenoviruses Monkey adenoviruses are isolated …

[ad_2][ad_1] Lionel Messi – the Barcelona playmaker who is often described as the most talented football player of all time, is to approve the world's first blockchain cell phone, as reported by the British newspaper The Independent. The organization behind the project, the Swiss-Israeli startup Sirin Labs, claims to specialize …