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mEnrich-seq: A High-Specificity Bacterial Enrichment Technique for Microbiome Research

In a landmark study recently published in the journal Nature Methods, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have unveiled mEnrich-seq-;an innovative method designed to substantially enhance the specificity and efficiency of research into microbiomes, the complex communities of microorganisms that inhabit the human body.

5 Jan 2024

AI Tool Offers a Deep Dive Into Tissues, Boosting Cancer Detection and Treatment

A new artificial intelligence tool that interprets medical images with unprecedented clarity does so in a way that could allow time-strapped clinicians to dedicate their attention to critical aspects of disease diagnosis and image interpretation.

3 Jan 2024

A Dihydrofolate Reductase Single-Domain Protein Catenane

Professor Wen-Bin Zhang of the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at Peking University and the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, along with Dr. Jing Fang of the same institution, are leading the study.

2 Jan 2024

Mettl3 Drives Powerful Immune Defense of CD8 T Cells

This study is led by Dr. Shuyang Yu (College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University), Dr. Jingyu Xu (The Collaborative Innovation Center of Tissue Damage Repair and Regeneration Medicine of Zunyi Medical University) and Dr. Xuguang Du (College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University) and illustrated the key role of Mettl3 in CD8 T cell response during acute infection model.

2 Jan 2024

Study Provides a Systematic View of the Diversity and Function of Supraglacial DNA Viruses

Supraglacial environments mainly consist of four main types of habitats for microbes and viruses, including snow, ice, meltwater, and cryoconites (the granular sediment on glacier surfaces).

2 Jan 2024

AI-Powered Drug Breakthrough: Insilico Unveils Potent FGFR2/3 Inhibitor for Solid Tumors

Insilico Medicine, a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven clinical-stage drug discovery company, today announced the nomination of ISM8001, a novel molecule targeting FGFR2/3 for the treatment of tissue-agnostic solid tumors bringing the total number of PCCs nominated in 2023 to six.

29 Dec 2023

SpaceX Returns Vital Life Science Research Sponsored by the ISS National Lab

Dozens of science and technology development payloads returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on December 22 as SpaceX’s 29th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission, contracted by NASA, successfully concluded.

27 Dec 2023

Study Reveals Tissue-Specific Effects of JAK1 Signaling in Inflammation

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have gained a deeper understanding of the nuanced roles of JAK inhibitors, or modulators, in inflammation across various cell types and tissues.

26 Dec 2023

Unveiling the Orchestration of Cells With Single-Cell Time Tracking

While physicists continue to argue about whether time is indeed an illusion, as Albert Einstein claimed, biologists have no doubt about its significance for understanding life as a dynamic system.

26 Dec 2023

The Adrenaline Puzzle Solved: Scientists Untangle Key Cell Receptor's Inner Workings

Through an international collaboration, scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital leveraged data science, pharmacology and structural information to conduct an atomic-level investigation into how each amino acid in the receptor that binds adrenaline contributes to receptor activity in the presence of this natural ligand.

26 Dec 2023

Cracking the Code of the Cytoplasm: How Cells Organize Protein Production

Back in 2018, the lab of Christine Mayr, MD, PhD, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) introduced the world to a key cellular component that had been hiding in plain sight.

22 Dec 2023

NEMO Protein Promotes Degradation of Harmful Alpha-Synuclein Aggregates in Parkinson's Disease

Researchers have identified a mechanism that promotes the breakdown of harmful protein deposits. If it malfunctions, it can lead to Parkinson’s disease.

21 Dec 2023

New Insights Into the Microbiome's Influence on Kidney Stone Risk

A new study from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University published in the journal Microbiome has found changes in the microbiome in multiple locations in the body are linked to the formation of kidney stones.

21 Dec 2023

Microbial Sensor Unlocks Path to Personalized Blood Stem Cell Therapy

A microbial sensor that helps identify and fight bacterial infections also plays a key role in the development of blood stem cells, valuable new insight in the effort to create patient-derived blood stem cells that could eliminate the need for bone marrow transplants.

21 Dec 2023

Structural Insights Unmask Novel Adaptations and Functions of Human LINE-1 ORF2

Martin Taylor, MD, PhD, a physician investigator in the Department of Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor in Pathology at Harvard Medical School, is the lead corresponding author of a new study in Nature, Structural Analysis and Inhibition of Human LINE-1 ORF2 Protein Reveals Novel Adaptations and Functions.

20 Dec 2023

NUS Scientists Develop Novel Method to Identify and Sort Killer Immune Cells

Our body's immune system is a complex network of organs, cells, and proteins that work in synchrony to protect our bodies against infections caused by pathogens and fight against disease-causing changes in our body, such as the emergence of cancer cells.

20 Dec 2023

Light-Activated "Good Vibrations" can Destroy Cancer Cells

The Beach Boys' iconic hit single "Good Vibrations" takes on a whole new layer of meaning thanks to a recent discovery by Rice University scientists and collaborators, who have uncovered a way to destroy cancer cells by using the ability of some molecules to vibrate strongly when stimulated by light.

20 Dec 2023

Microbial Sensor Plays Key Role in Blood Stem Cell Development

20 Dec 2023

How Next-Gen Sequencing is Revolutionizing Infection Diagnosis

Scientists from Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital (AP-HP), the Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Inserm, Université Paris-Est Créteil and the Alfort National Veterinary School, coordinated by Professor Marc Eloit and Dr. Anne Jamet in collaboration with Dr. Jacques Fourgeaud and Beatrice Regnault, studied the role of global genetic characterization of samples (or non-targeted metagenomics) using next-generation sequencing (mNGS) in diagnosing infections.

19 Dec 2023

New AI-Generated Proteins Could Revolutionize Medicine and Beyond

A new study Dec. 18 in Nature reports an AI-driven advance in biotechnology with implications for drug development, disease detection, and environmental monitoring.

19 Dec 2023

Antibodies and Immunology News and Research

Latest Antibodies and Immunology News and Research

mEnrich-seq: A High-Specificity Bacterial Enrichment Technique for Microbiome Research

AI Tool Offers a Deep Dive Into Tissues, Boosting Cancer Detection and Treatment

A Dihydrofolate Reductase Single-Domain Protein Catenane

Mettl3 Drives Powerful Immune Defense of CD8 T Cells

Study Provides a Systematic View of the Diversity and Function of Supraglacial DNA Viruses

AI-Powered Drug Breakthrough: Insilico Unveils Potent FGFR2/3 Inhibitor for Solid Tumors

SpaceX Returns Vital Life Science Research Sponsored by the ISS National Lab

Study Reveals Tissue-Specific Effects of JAK1 Signaling in Inflammation

Unveiling the Orchestration of Cells With Single-Cell Time Tracking

The Adrenaline Puzzle Solved: Scientists Untangle Key Cell Receptor's Inner Workings

Cracking the Code of the Cytoplasm: How Cells Organize Protein Production

NEMO Protein Promotes Degradation of Harmful Alpha-Synuclein Aggregates in Parkinson's Disease

New Insights Into the Microbiome's Influence on Kidney Stone Risk

Microbial Sensor Unlocks Path to Personalized Blood Stem Cell Therapy

Structural Insights Unmask Novel Adaptations and Functions of Human LINE-1 ORF2

NUS Scientists Develop Novel Method to Identify and Sort Killer Immune Cells

Light-Activated "Good Vibrations" can Destroy Cancer Cells

Microbial Sensor Plays Key Role in Blood Stem Cell Development

How Next-Gen Sequencing is Revolutionizing Infection Diagnosis

New AI-Generated Proteins Could Revolutionize Medicine and Beyond

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