Killer Cells Lay Mines to Blast Cancerous, Infected Cells
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are versatile killers. When they detect a target—a cell infected by a virus or deranged by cancer—they can release soluble proteins that punch holes in a targeted cell’s membrane, exposing...
A Finnish study adds to knowledge about treating fractures of the humeral shaft
Credit: Lasse Rämö
Surgical patients appear to recover faster and more reliably than patients treated with functional bracing.
A study published in the distinguished JAMA journal compared functional bracing, the non-operative treatment of humeral shaft fractures,...
Vir Biotechnology Provides Corporate Update and Reports First Quarter 2020 Financial Results – GlobeNewswire
SAN FRANCISCO, May 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR), a clinical-stage immunology company focused on treating and preventing serious infectious diseases, today provided a corporate update and reported financial results...
Regeneron and CCPM collaborate to advance human genetics, precision medicine
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.May 11 2020
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine (CCPM) at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus today announced a large-scale research collaboration designed to advance...
UCLA and Carnegie Mellon researchers develop real-time physics engine for soft robotics
Credit: Khalid Jawed/UCLA
Motion picture animation and video games are impressively lifelike nowadays, capturing a wisp of hair falling across a heroine’s eyes or a canvas sail...
Link Discovered between Blood Vessel Inflammation and Malfunctioning Mitochondria
Researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM) say they have uncovered a novel mechanism by which abnormalities in mitochondrial fission in endothelial cells contribute to inflammation and oxidative stress...
Rescuing Africa’s staple orphan crops—sorghum, millet, cowpea, cassava and sweat potato—with biotechnology could help...
The year is 2100 and Africa is home to the world’s largest population of young people, with its current leader – Nigeria – having close to a billion people in a territory smaller than...
Biotechnology experts who understand both science and investing are skeptical of the stock market’s...
We’re all virologists now, right?
Well, maybe just enough to be dangerous, as the saying goes.
While investors have driven a rally in the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.90%, S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.68% and...
Men’s blood contains greater concentrations of enzyme that helps COVID-19 infect cells
Finding may explain why men with heart failure suffer more from the coronavirus than women
Credit: European Heart Journal
Evidence from a large study of several thousand patients...
Understanding the ability of COVID-19 virus to infect pets and livestock
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.May 9 2020
A new paper identifies the critical need for research on the ability of the COVID-19 virus to infect certain animal species, the transmissibility of infection between humans and...
