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Proteomics

New Microfluidic Device Minimizes Loss of High Value Samples

September 9, 2020
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Tempe, AZ — A major collaborative effort that has been developing over the last three years between ASU and European scientists, has resulted in a significant technical advance in X-ray crystallographic...

Genetic Study of Proteins is a Breakthrough in Drug Development for Complex Diseases

September 8, 2020
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Bristol, UK — An innovative genetic study of blood protein levels, led by researchers in the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (MRC-IEU) at the University of Bristol, has demonstrated how genetic data...

New Computational Tool Enables Prediction of Key Functional Sites in Proteins Based on Structure

September 7, 2020
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State College, PA — A new technology that uses a protein’s structure to predict the inner wiring that controls the protein’s function and dynamics is now available for scientists to utilize....

Guilt by Dissociation: Study Sheds Light on Serotonin in Autism

September 2, 2020
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Boca Raton, FL — Recent estimates indicate a prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States of 1 in 59 children with a well-established 4:1 male predominance. Individual costs for...

Immune Protein IL-17A Responsible for Lethal Side Effects of Gastric Cancer

August 26, 2020
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Kanazawa, Japan — Gastric cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer-associated mortality worldwide, is renowned for its ability to disseminate throughout the peritoneal cavity. As well as causing...

Sortilin may Hold the Key to Combat Pancreatic Cancer More Effectively

August 24, 2020
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Callaghan, Australia — Pancreatic cancer has an extremely poor prognosis; it is the third most common cause of cancer deaths in the United States. In a novel study published in The American Journal...

Protein Influences Regeneration of Vascular Cells

August 20, 2020
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Bonn, Germany — Through their basic research, physicians at the Heart Center of the University Hospital Bonn have discovered how the communication between individual cells can be influenced with the...

Recipe for Success — Interaction Proteomics Become a Household Item

August 12, 2020
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Helsinki, Finland — Proteins in human cells do not function in isolation and their interactions with other proteins define their cellular functions. Therefore, detailed understanding of protein-protein...

Researchers Develop New Mouse Model for Sars-Cov-2

August 5, 2020
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New York, NY — Researchers at Yale University School of Medicine have developed a new mouse model to study SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease and to accelerate testing of novel treatments and vaccines...

Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Protects Upper and Lower Airways in Nonhuman Primates

July 29, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — Two doses of an experimental vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) induced robust immune responses and rapidly controlled the coronavirus in the upper and lower airways...

COVID-19 Research: Anti-Viral Strategy With Double Effect

July 29, 2020
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Frankfurt, Germany — In the case of an infection, the SARS-CoV-2 virus must overcome various defence mechanisms of the human body, including its non-specific or innate immune defence. During this process,...

“Love Hormone” Oxytocin Could Be Used to Treat Cognitive Disorders Like Alzheimer’s

July 22, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disorder in which the nerve cells (neurons) in a person’s brain and the connections among them degenerate slowly, causing severe memory loss,...

Study Reveals Intricate Details about Huntington’s Disease Protein

July 20, 2020
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Buffalo, NY — A new study reveals intricate details about the biology of the huntingtin protein (HTT), which is responsible for Huntington’s disease. The research focuses on axonal transport...

Close-up of SARS-CoV-2 Protein Shows How It Interferes with Host Anti-Viral Immunity

July 20, 2020
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Washington, DC — A detailed study of a SARS-Cov-2 protein, Nsp1, with a central role in weakening the host anti-viral immune response shows that it effectively shuts down production of proteins in...

New Method Reveals Dynamic Structure in HIV

July 17, 2020
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Salt Lake City, UT — Viruses are scary. They invade our cells like invisible armies, and each type brings its own strategy of attack. While viruses devastate communities of humans and animals, scientists...

Dangerous Parasite Controls Host Cell to Spread Around Body, Says Study

July 17, 2020
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Indianapolis, IN — Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered new information about how a dangerous parasite takes control of a patient’s cells as it spreads throughout...

A Nanomaterial Path Forward for COVID-19 Vaccine Development

July 15, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — From mRNA vaccines entering clinical trials, to peptide-based vaccines and using molecular farming to scale vaccine production, the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing new and emerging nanotechnologies...

Novel Test Method Detects Coronavirus in Highly Diluted Gargle Samples

July 15, 2020
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Halle, Germany — Pharmacists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have succeeded in detecting small amounts of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 using mass spectrometry. For their investigation,...

Structural Analysis of COVID-19 Spike Protein Provides Insight into Its Evolution

July 13, 2020
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London, UK — Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have characterised the structure of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein as well as its most similar relative in a bat coronavirus. The structures provide...

New Understanding of Protein Movement

July 9, 2020
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Newark, DE — Many of the most promising medicines under development are proteins, often antibodies, to help patients fight disease. These proteins must be purified as part of the manufacturing process...

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