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Researchers unravel molecular factors that drive severity of COVID-19

While most COVID-19 cases are asymptomatic or mild, severe complications associated with acute respiratory distress have led to more than one million deaths worldwide in just several months.

14 Oct 2020

Scientists develop UK Crop Microbiome Cyrobank to facilitate sustainable yield improvement

Scientists from the UK's foremost agricultural research institutes have teamed up to create a new UK Crop Microbiome Cyrobank (UK-CMCB) to safeguard future research and facilitate the sustainable yield improvement of the UK's six major food crops including barley, oats, oil seed rape, potato, sugar beet and wheat.

12 Oct 2020

Researchers develop a new assembler for decoding genomes of microbial communities

Researchers from the Center for Algorithmic Biotechnology at St Petersburg University, as part of a group of Russian and American scientists, have developed the metaFlye assembler.

9 Oct 2020

New machine learning algorithms to analyze reams of RNA-based 'toehold' sequences

DNA and RNA have been compared to "instruction manuals" containing the information needed for living "machines" to operate.

7 Oct 2020

Study shows patients can benefit from personalized cancer therapy

Scientists have shown that patients, who are receiving care for cancer, have a greater chance of surviving if they received personalized cancer treatment.

5 Oct 2020

Researchers use multiple techniques to understand the effect of aging in humans

Humans’ hair becomes grey, their strength diminishes, and a host of age-related diseases represent what is occurring both at the molecular and cellular levels.

30 Sep 2020

New mobile app analyzes SARS-CoV-2 genome on a smartphone

A new mobile app has made it possible to analyse the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on a smartphone in less than half an hour.

30 Sep 2020

Researchers analyze individual cells to build an atlas of the human heart

Scientists have created a cellular and molecular map of the healthy human heart, to understand how this vital organ functions, and to shed light on what goes wrong in cardiovascular disease.

25 Sep 2020

New system predicts tumor response to different treatments

Cancer driver genes have modifications that are crucial for the development and proliferation of tumor.

24 Sep 2020

Irisin hormone could have therapeutic effect on COVID-19 patients

A study conducted by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) suggests that irisin, a hormone secreted from muscles in response to exercise, could have a therapeutic effect on COVID-19 patients.

23 Sep 2020

New technology to unlock the secrets of plant genomes in high resolution

The genomes of all higher life forms are stored in the cell nucleus on chromosomes. Chromosomes are composed of strands of the DNA molecule.

22 Sep 2020

Researchers develop new mathematical model to predict economic performance of crops

Researchers from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) developed a new mathematical model to predict economic performance of crops.

21 Sep 2020

Russian scientists trace factors influencing the process of protein evolution

A group of scientists from Russia studied the trends in the evolution of amino acid sequences of proteins in vertebrates and insects and traced the factors influencing the process of evolution.

21 Sep 2020

Human genetics: New insights into our own biology

Who are we? Where did we come from? How did we get here? Throughout the ages, humans have sought answers to these questions, pursuing wisdom through religion, philosophy, and eventually science.

21 Sep 2020

Developing computational algorithms to enable a closer look at the 3D genome

Breakthrough advances in biomedical technology have come a long way, especially with three-dimensional mapping of the structure of the genome.

14 Sep 2020

Researchers identify the cause for Parkinson's disease and potential treatments

In a seven-year research effort, an international team of scientists has clarified the cause for certain genetic forms of Parkinson's disease, and has identified potential pharmacological treatments.

14 Sep 2020

Researchers develop new tool to predict protein disorder

Nobel Prize winner Christian Boehmer Anfinsen had demonstrated clearly that a protein is capable of finding its way back to its “native” 3D structure.

11 Sep 2020

Researchers develop statistical model that predicts risk of developing esophageal cancer

Globally, esophageal cancer is said to be the eighth most common cancer and it usually develops from a condition known as Barrett’s esophagus.

9 Sep 2020

Zika virus infection during pregnancy can cause severe abnormalities in the fetus

Zika virus infection during pregnancy can cause severe abnormalities in the fetus, including malformations such as microcephaly. In a small proportion of cases, the disease may lead to miscarriage and perinatal death.

4 Sep 2020

Researchers investigate cellular factors that could be significant for COVID-19 infection

An infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can affect multiple organs. With this in mind, researchers of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and Cornell University in the US have investigated cellular factors that could be significant for an infection.

4 Sep 2020