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Plastic contaminants harm sea urchins

December 1, 2020
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Exeter, UK — Plastics in the ocean can release chemicals that cause deformities in sea urchin larvae, new research shows. Scientists soaked various plastic samples in seawater then removed the plastic...

How SARS-CoV-2 Reaches the Brain

December 1, 2020
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Berlin, Germany — Using post-mortem tissue samples, a team of researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have studied the mechanisms by which the novel coronavirus can reach the brains...

Chemical Compounds in Foods can Inhibit a Key SARS-CoV-2 Enzyme

December 1, 2020
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Raleigh, NC — Chemical compounds in foods or beverages like green tea, muscadine grapes and dark chocolate can bind to and block the function of a particular enzyme, or protease, in the SARS-CoV-2...

HIV-Like Virus Edited Out of Primate Genome

December 1, 2020
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Philadelphia, PA — Taking a major step forward in HIV research, scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University have successfully edited SIV – a virus closely related to...

Study Reveals New Findings on Nature’s UV Sunscreens

December 1, 2020
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Wales, UK — Swansea University research has provided a new insight into the behaviour of nature’s own UV sunscreens when they are exposed to other parts of the light spectrum. Mycosporine-like...

A Large-Scale Tool to Investigate the Function of Autism Spectrum Disorder Genes

December 1, 2020
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Cambridge, MA — Scientists at Harvard University, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and MIT have developed a technology to investigate the function of many different genes in many different cell...

Microfluidic System with Cell-Separating Powers may Unravel How Novel Pathogens Attack

December 1, 2020
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College Station, TX — To develop effective therapeutics against pathogens, scientists need to first uncover how they attack host cells. An efficient way to conduct these investigations on an extensive...

COVID-19 Studies should also Focus on Mucosal Immunity, Researchers Argue

November 30, 2020
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Buffalo, NY — Anyone who has undergone a nasal swab or saliva test for COVID-19 knows that the virus is most easily detected in the nose and mouth. That’s why, University at Buffalo researchers...

Electronic Skin has a Strong Future Stretching Ahead

November 30, 2020
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Thuwal, Saudi Arabia — A material that mimics human skin in strength, stretchability and sensitivity could be used to collect biological data in real time. Electronic skin, or e-skin, may play an important...

Scientists Reveal Regions of the Brain Where Serotonin Promotes Patience

November 30, 2020
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Okinawa, Japan — We’ve all been there. Whether we’re stuck in traffic at the end of a long day, or eagerly anticipating the release of a new book, film or album, there are times when we...

Immune Strategy Based on Limited Information in the Network

November 27, 2020
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Changsha, China — The novel coronavirus outbreak is a global pandemic that has spread to more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Currently, countries and territories are fighting...

Scientists Develop New Gene Therapy for Eye Disease

November 27, 2020
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Dublin, Ireland — Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have developed a new gene therapy approach that offers promise for one day treating an eye disease that leads to a progressive loss of vision...

Researchers Uncover the Unique Way Stem Cells Protect Their Chromosome Ends

November 27, 2020
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London, UK — Telomeres are specialised structures at the end of chromosomes which protect our DNA and ensure healthy division of cells. According to a new study from researchers at the Francis Crick...

Global Collaboration is Unlocking Wheat’s Genetic Potential

November 26, 2020
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Manhattan, KS — In a paper published Wednesday, Nov. 25, in Nature, Kansas State University researchers, in collaboration with the international 10+ Genome Project led by the University of Saskatchewan,...

Mapping Out the Mystery of Blood Stem Cells

November 26, 2020
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Toronto, ON — Princess Margaret scientists have revealed how stem cells are able to generate new blood cells throughout our life by looking at vast, uncharted regions of our genetic material that hold...

Grabbing Viruses Out of Thin Air

November 26, 2020
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Miyagi, Japan — The future could hold portable and wearable sensors for detecting viruses and bacteria in the surrounding environment. But we’re not there yet. Scientists at Tohoku University...

New Insights into How CRISPR Immune System Evolved

November 26, 2020
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Aarhus, Denmark — With new insights into how the genetic tool CRISPR – which allows direct editing of our genes – evolved and adapted, we are now one step closer to understanding the basis...

Tackling Metabolic Complexity

November 25, 2020
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Munich, Germany — Metabolic robustness, the ability of a metabolic system to buffer changes in its environment, is not always a welcome feature for microbiologists: it interferes with metabolic engineering...

Simple New Testing Method Aims to Improve Time-Release Drugs

November 25, 2020
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Riverside, CA — When you take a time-release drug, you count on it doing what the package says: release the drug slowly into your bloodstream to provide benefits over the specified period of time....

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