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Highly Selective Membranes

October 22, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — Membranes with microscopic pores are useful for water filtration. The effect of pore size on water filtration is well-understood, as is the role of ions, charged atoms, that interact...

Crystal Structure of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein RNA Binding Domain Reveals Potential Unique Drug Targeting Sites

October 22, 2020
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County Clare, Ireland — The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to cause human infection and mortality worldwide. Currently, there are no specific viral...

Nanodevices Show How Living Cells Change with Time, by Tracking from Inside

October 22, 2020
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Bath, UK — For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interior of mammalian cells, giving an unprecedented peek into the processes that govern the beginning...

Researchers Discovered the Second ‘Key’ Used by the SARS-CoV-2 Virus to Enter into Human Cells

October 22, 2020
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Helsinki, Finland — To efficiently infect human cells, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is able to use a receptor called Neuropilin-1, which is very abundant in many human tissues including...

The Road to Uncovering a Novel Mechanism for Disposing of Misfolded Proteins

October 22, 2020
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Houston, TX — About 30 years ago, Dr. Richard Sifers set out on a journey to discover why people with a rare condition known as alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency present with high variation in the...

AI Methods of Analyzing Social Networks Find New Cell Types in Tissue

October 22, 2020
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Uppsala, Sweden — In situ sequencing enables gene activity inside body tissues to be depicted in microscope images. To facilitate interpretation of the vast quantities of information generated, Uppsala...

The Right Cells in the Right Spot

October 22, 2020
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Munich. Germany — Spotting, pursuing and catching prey – for many animals this is an essential task for survival. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology now show in zebrafish...

‘Multi-Omics’ Adds New Cell to Immune Family Tree

October 22, 2020
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Parkville, Australia — WEHI researchers have used powerful ‘single cell multi-omics’ technologies to discover a previously unknown ancestor of T and B lymphocytes, which are critical components...

Hand-Held Device Reads Levels of Cancer Biomarker

October 22, 2020
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Hamilton, ON — Researchers at McMaster and Brock universities have created the prototype for a hand-held device to measure a biomarker for cancer, paving the way for home-based cancer monitoring and...

Study Identifies Key Enzyme for Development of Autoimmune Diseases

October 22, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — Scientists affiliated with the Center for Research on Inflammatory Diseases, hosted by the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, have discovered that an enzyme involved in key...

The Line of Succession

October 20, 2020
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München, Germany — A specific region of messenger RNAs, the 3′ untranslated region (3’UTR), plays an important role for cells to function properly. During embryonic development, 3’UTRs...

Study Discovers Gene that Helps Us Know When It’s Time to Urinate

October 20, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — In a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study involving both mice and patients who are part of an NIH Clinical Center trial, researchers discovered that a gene, called PIEZO2,...

Study Reveals Restoration of Retinal and Visual Function Following Gene Therapy

October 20, 2020
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Irvine, CA — A breakthrough study, led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine, results in the restoration of retinal and visual functions of mice models suffering from inherited retinal...

Immune Protein Orchestrates Daily Rhythm of Squid-Bacteria Symbiotic Relationship

October 20, 2020
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Honolulu, HI — Nearly every organism hosts a collection of symbiotic microbes–a microbiome. It is now recognized that microbiomes are major drivers of health in all animals, including humans,...

Fats Fighting Back Against Bacteria

October 20, 2020
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Queensland, Australia — Droplets of fat inside our cells are helping the body’s own defence system fight back against infection, University of Queenslandresearchers have discovered. The international...

Gel Instrumental in 3D Bioprinting Biological Tissues

October 20, 2020
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State College, PA — The eventual creation of replacement biological parts requires fully three-dimensional capabilities that two-dimensional and three-dimensional thin-film bioprinting cannot supply....

New Strategy for siRNA Stabilization by Artificial Cationic Oligosaccharide

October 20, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — RNA interference is a gene regulatory mechanism in which the expression of specific genes is downregulated by endogenous microRNAs or by small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). Although siRNAs...

Peptides+Antibiotic Combination may Result in a More Effective Treatment for Leishmaniasis

October 20, 2020
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Barcelona, Spain — Leishmaniasis is caused by the protozoan Leishmania parasites which are transmitted by the bite of an infected sandfly. Although in rich countries this disease mainly affects dogs,...

Lineage Tracing of Direct Astrocyte-to-Neuron Conversion for Brain Repair

October 20, 2020
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Guangzhou, China — Regeneration of functional new neurons to repair injured human brain is a long-term unsolved problem up till today. The lack of neuroregeneration is one of the major reasons why...

How is STEM Children’s Programming Prioritizing Diversity?

October 20, 2020
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East Lansing, MI — Children’s television programming not only shapes opinions and preferences, its characters can have positive or negative impacts on childhood aspiration, says a new study from...

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