Tag: protein

New COVID-19 strain not yet in India

Covid19December 23, 2020

The new variant of COVID-19 identified in the United Kingdom recently is not present in India. However, the Union Government is in talks...

UK flights to India suspended

Covid19December 22, 2020

As a mutant strain of COVID-19 spreads there, UK flights to India are suspended until December 31st, as of 11.59 p.m. on December...

Inducing immune tolerance with dendritic cell-targeting nanomedicines

Nano TechnologyDecember 21, 2020

1.Hasegawa, H. & Matsumoto, T. Mechanisms of tolerance induction by dendritic cells in vivo. Front. Immunol. 9, 350–350 (2018).Article CAS Google Scholar ...

Mutant COVID-19 strain in UK: “No need to panic”, says Vardhan

Covid19December 21, 2020

Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan has assured the Indian people there is “no need to panic” regarding the...

A step toward understanding why COVID-19 boosts stroke risk

BioengineerDecember 18, 2020

UCLA-led study uses 3D-printed ‘blood vessels’ to identify possible link between coronavirus and stroke A UCLA-led study may help explain how COVID-19 increases...

Understanding mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines

Covid19December 15, 2020

A Closer Look at How COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines WorkCOVID-19 mRNA vaccines give instructions for our cells to make a harmless piece of what...

Quantum computed moments correction to variational estimates

QuantumDecember 15, 2020

Harish J. Vallury1, Michael A. Jones1, Charles D. Hill1,2, and Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg11School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, AUSTRALIA2School of...

DeepMind’s AlphaFold Is Close to Solving One of Biology’s Greatest Challenges

AIDecember 15, 2020

DeepMind may just have cracked one of the grandest challenges in biology. One that rivals the discovery of DNA’s double helix. It could...

3 Questions: Phillip Sharp on the discoveries that enabled RNA vaccines for Covid-19

BiotechnologyDecember 11, 2020

Some of the most promising vaccines developed to combat Covid-19 rely on messenger RNA (mRNA) — a template cells use to...

Explained: Why RNA vaccines for Covid-19 raced to the front of the pack

BiotechnologyDecember 11, 2020

Developing and testing a new vaccine typically takes at least 12 to 18 months. However, just over 10 months after the...

Linker Engineering in the Context of Synthetic Protein Switches and Sensors

Big DataDecember 5, 2020

Linkers play critical roles in the construction of synthetic protein switches and sensors as they functionally couple a receptor with an actuator. With...