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Researchers suggest a sustainable approach in seafood production

Farming Atlantic salmon necessitates a large amount of wild-caught fish as feed, but it only accounts for a small portion of the world’s farmed fish production.

3 Mar 2022

UH researcher secures $2 million to develop drugs for formerly undruggable cancer targets

With a $2 million recruitment grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, a University of Houston researcher is setting up a lab to develop drugs that will work on traditionally undruggable targets in cancer.

3 Mar 2022

Researchers find why SARS-CoV-2 does not spread easily from surfaces

Early in the pandemic, many people fastidiously disinfected surfaces because laboratory studies predicted that SARS-CoV-2 could be easily transmitted in this way.

3 Mar 2022

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can specifically recognize the terminal sialic acid on sugars

The virus causing the current COVID-19 pandemic is the SARS-CoV-2. Soon after the pandemic outbreak in 2019, the ACE-2 protein, which is present on some of our cells´ surface, was identified as the receptor facilitating host cell viral entry.

3 Mar 2022

Innovative sample preparation method for fast and easy protein analysis

In recent years, proteomics research using mass spectrometry to comprehensively investigate the protein components of biological samples has become very popular.

3 Mar 2022

New research explains Darwinian theory of gradual directional process of incremental changes

Abrupt shifts in the evolution of animals – short periods of time when an organism rapidly changes size or form – have long been a challenge for theorists including Darwin.

3 Mar 2022

Simple lab model helps investigate the properties of muscle cells from sIBM patients

A team of researchers at Tohoku University have developed a simple lab-based system for growing human muscle cells that are capable of vigorously contracting.

3 Mar 2022

Ziath sample management innovation at Analytica 2022

Ziath has chosen Analytica 2022 in Munich, Germany (21-24th June) to launch two new innovative sample management products - Handheld 3 and LUX.

From Ziath Ltd 3 Mar 2022

Researchers describe the structural basis of how antibodies may neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is continuously evolving and structural changes to the virus may impact the efficacy of antibody therapies and vaccines.

2 Mar 2022

Study uncovers genomic drivers and therapeutic vulnerabilities of transformed cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is an incurable, rare cancer of skin-homing T cells that is highly disfiguring and lethal at advanced stages.

2 Mar 2022

Action on climate change can secure the lives of billions of people

Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks.

2 Mar 2022

New report highlights the impact of climate change on food systems

Climate change is mounting widespread disruption on the planet -; with the most marginalized people and vulnerable places the hardest hit -; while severe, irreversible changes are still to come if the world does not do enough to curb warming and spark resiliency.

2 Mar 2022

Life Science News

Researchers suggest a sustainable approach in seafood production

UH researcher secures $2 million to develop drugs for formerly undruggable cancer targets

Researchers find why SARS-CoV-2 does not spread easily from surfaces

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can specifically recognize the terminal sialic acid on sugars

Innovative sample preparation method for fast and easy protein analysis

New research explains Darwinian theory of gradual directional process of incremental changes

Simple lab model helps investigate the properties of muscle cells from sIBM patients

Ziath sample management innovation at Analytica 2022

Researchers describe the structural basis of how antibodies may neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants

Study uncovers genomic drivers and therapeutic vulnerabilities of transformed cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

Action on climate change can secure the lives of billions of people

New report highlights the impact of climate change on food systems

Protein appears key to the function and survival of brain cells most impacted by glaucoma

Intestinal cell changes are driven by the BMP signaling pathway, study finds

Scientists identify a new “game-changing” approach to protect native animals

Researchers discover how pancreatic cells remodel themselves to reduce the immune response in patients at risk for T1D

Researchers study how metabolomic assessment finds postmortem biomarkers indicating decedent’s diabetes mellitus history

Researchers design a new imaging approach to accelerate imaging-based research

Attacking a protein in prostate cancer cells stops the disease spread, research finds

Men and women do have immune cell differences, study says

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