Scientists are deploying this state-of-the-art X-ray crystallography facility to study biological molecules related to the COVID-19 pandemic. There’s a new bright spot at the Stanford…
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The heart and its trabeculae, first described by Leonardo da Vinci. Credit: Spencer Phillips Scientists show that muscular structures first described by Leonardo da Vinci…
Chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Bill Hammack, aka “the engineering guy,” has won the prestigious Hoover Medal for his civic and humanitarian contributions to engineering.…
Trichoderma reesei fungus RUT-C30 strain, which was engineered to produce high-yield enzymes. Credit: LNBR-CNPEM Brazilian researchers used genetic engineering to develop a low-cost platform for…
An immunomodulatory drug called fingolimod, which is approved for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, blocks human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and transmission in human immune…
International scientists and Ngātiwai, a Māori tribe, teamed up to sequence the genome of a rare reptile, the tuatara, uncovering some unique aspects of the…
The development of mRNA knock-down technologies for use in vertebrate organisms such as zebrafish has been limited. CRISPR-RfxCas13d has been identified as an effective method…
This is a 3D atomic scale map, or molecular structure, of Hexapro, a modified version of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, described in a paper in…
The 3D structure of a base editor, comprised of the Cas9 protein (white and gray), which binds to a DNA target (teal and blue helix)…
Laura Martin-Sancho in lab PPE, sample in hand. Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Multiple drugs improve the activity of remdesivir, a current standard-of-care…
More than 600,000 people worldwide have fallen victim to the lung disease COVID-19 so far, which is caused by the SARS coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). In order…
Oxytocin, the hormone that induce feelings of love and well-being within us, are found to reverse some of the damage caused by amyloid plaques in…
A study that sequenced genomes from six widely divergent living bat species, including Phyllostomus discolor, the pale spear-nosed bat, reveals the genetics behind some bat…
The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has a likely connection to bats, and the next viral outbreak probably will too, unless scientists can quickly learn more about…
Three configurations of active sites where inhibitor GC-376 binds with the COVID-19 virus’s main protease (drug target Mpro), as depicted by 3D computer modeling. Credit:…
Researchers “counted” Japanese jack mackerel (Trachurus japonicus) in Maizuru Bay, Japan, through quantitative measurements of environmental DNA concentration. Credit: Reiji Masuda, Kyoto University River water,…
A model of an S-protein. Illustration: Dr. Yeolkyo Choi/Lehigh The virus SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the known cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The…
The pistils in mutant strains contain a higher number of stigmas — the part of the pistil that collects pollen — than in wildtype strains.…
Sometimes toxins, such as hazardous wastes and industrial byproducts, seep into groundwater, the source of our drinking water. One such pollutant is perchlorate, a chemical…
False color scanning electron micrograph of meningococci (orange) adherent to human host cells (green). Credit: Alexandra Schubert-Unkmeir / University of Wuerzburg Meningococci are bacteria that…