[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 11, 2020 CONCLUSION: Lung enrichment with oral commensal microbes was associated with advanced disease, poorer prognosis, and tumor progression in lung cancer patients. Journal in which the study was published: Discovery of cancer, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research Author: Leopoldo …
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[ad_1] Scientists at Tohoku University have found that human editing enzymes are likely behind a type of mutation in the COVID-19 virus that stimulates the release of pro-inflammatory molecules called cytokines by the body’s immune cells. The discovery, published in Scientific Reports, is important for understanding how the virus is …
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[ad_1] Reinfection with Sars-CoV-2, the source of the Covid-19 pandemic, is rare; however, according to the scientific community today, it does exist. Why do we get reinfected when others seem immune? Researchers are working to identify two sides of the same coin. Inserm and its Detox Channel take stock of …
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[ad_1] In many species of bacteria there are peculiar hybrid structures called retrons which are half RNA and half single stranded DNA. Since their discovery some 35 years ago, researchers have learned to use backons to produce single strands of DNA in the laboratory, but no one knew what their …
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[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 …
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