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12/3/2021: SARS-CoV-2 Study Forecasts Emergence of Immune Escape Variants

11/30/2021: Structures of Transport Proteins Linked to Multiple Diseases Deciphered

11/30/2021: Synthetic Organisms Self-Replicate in a New Way

11/29/2021: Second-Generation Antihistamine Drugs May Improve Outcomes for Cancer Patients Receiving Immunotherapy

11/24/2021: AI Systematically IDs Structures of Eukaryotic Proteins

11/22/2021: Airway-On-Chip Recapitulates Cystic Fibrosis Lung Conditions

11/19/2021: mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Improved through mRNA Backbone Optimization

11/12/2021: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing May Select for Cells With Cancer-Related Mutations

11/12/2021: Paralyzed Mice Regain Ability to Walk After Single, Injectable Therapy

11/11/2021: Scientists Discover Mechanistic Link Between Palm Oil Fatty Acid and Cancer Metastasis

11/11/2021: How SARS-CoV-2 in American deer could alter the course of the global pandemic

11/10/2021: Multiplex Network Maps All Genes and Interactions on Multiple Levels to Help Understand Rare Disease Mechanisms

11/9/2021: New Genetic Codes Discovered by Scanning 250,000 Genomes

11/8/2021: Tracking autism from birth to diagnosis with the microbiome

11/5/2021: Breast Cancer Becomes Vulnerable to Immune Cells Through DDR1 Deactivation

11/4/2021: Genetic variation in metabolic genes affects drug responses

11/2/2021: AI Merged with Electrical Brain Stimulation Improves Human Brain Function

11/1/2021: Meet the microrobots primed to take down cancer

10/22/2021: DNA Nanoswitch Calipers Created as Possibly World’s Tiniest Ruler for Fingerprinting Proteins

10/22/2021: Gut-Brain Axis May Drive IBD-Linked Psychiatric Symptom

10/20/2021: Chemotherapy-Injured Tumor Cells Boost Anticancer Effectiveness of Immune Checkpoint Inhibition

10/19/2021: Time of Day Determines Immune Response to Infections

10/19/2021: Two Bacterial Defense Systems Work to Defend against Bacteriophages

10/18/2021: Small Cell Lung Cancer Molecular Atlas Opens Door to Potential New Therapies

10/15/2021: Ultrasound Delivers Antibody Therapy to Breast Cancer Metastases in the Brain

10/13/2021: Studies Suggest Oral Diuretic Pill Could Help Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease in People at Genetic Risk

10/6/2021: Antimicrobial resistance: The silent pandemic

10/6/2021: Decoding cell behavior and disease with AI and single-cell transcriptomics

10/4/2021: Finding the right keys: Using antibody therapy to fight infectious disease

10/1/2021: CRISPR advances cardiovascular disease research

10/1/2021: A pill can reduce deaths by half in new coronavirus patients, company says

10/1/2021: Novel Approach for Intravenous Cancer Immunotherapy

9/28/2021: FDA Authorizes AI Software Designed to Help Spot Prostate Cancer

9/24/2021: Epitopes of SARS-CoV-2’s Spike Mapped by International Consortium

9/22/2021: Potential COVID-19 Treatment Found in Llama Antibodies

9/21/2021: Pancreatic Cancer Signatures Revealed in Large-Scale Multiomic Study

9/21/2021: The Bamlanivimab story – how it reached the clinic in eight months

9/14/2021: This Doctor Spread False Information About COVID. She Still Kept Her Medical License

9/14/2021: Ebola Vaccine Good News: Clinical Trial Shows Strong Immune Response

9/10/2021: Using CRISPR for disease eradication

9/10/2021: CRISPR Convenience: Cas7-11 Redefines RNA Editing

9/9/2021: Microbiome’s Metabolism Altered by Bioaccumulation of Medications

9/7/2021: Compact CasMINI CRISPR Tech Is Easier to Deliver to Cells, Could Have Broad Gene Therapy Potential

9/7/2021: New Studies Find Evidence Of 'Superhuman' Immunity To COVID-19 In Some Individuals

9/2/2021: A new AI tool identifies generic drugs with anticancer potential

9/2/2021: Risk of Colon Cancer Linked to Antibiotic Use

9/2/2021: CRISPR-Engineered Cells Release Drug in Response to Inflammation When Implanted into Mice

9/2/2021: United States Files Suit Against UPMC and James Luketich, M.D

9/1/2021: Pre-Existing T Cells Play Key Role in SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Vaccination

8/31/2021: Fun fact: People are not horses

8/26/2021: RNA Structures Predicted with Uncanny Accuracy by Unbiased AI

8/25/2021: COVID-19 More Lethal If Venom-Like Enzyme Circulates at High Levels

8/23/2021: Implantable AI Developed for Early Detection and Treatment of Disease

8/20/2021: Spike Protein’s RBD Leaps Out of the Gate

8/19/2021: Researchers are conducting the first long-term prospective study to understand the immune response to COVID-19 long after initial infection.

8/18/2021: Resistance to Drug for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Identified

8/16/2021: CRISPR-Based Tech Could Revolutionize Antibody-Based Diagnostics

8/4/2021: The U.S. again ranks last in health care compared with other high-income countries

7/12/2021: A Next-Generation SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

7/7/2021: Pharmacological Activation of p53 Boosts Immune Response against Tumors

6/28/2021: AI Predicts 20,000 Unknown Associations between Viruses and Susceptible Mammalian Species

6/22/2021: SARS-CoV-2 Variants May Succumb to Multivalent Nanobodies

6/16/2021: New COVID-19 Vaccines May Reach Out to T Cells, Not Just B Cells

12/11/2020: FDA Grants Pfizer, BioNTech Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 Vaccine

12/7/2020: CRISPR Gene Editing Delivers Promise for Sickle-Cell Disease, Beta Thalassemia

12/3/2020: PCR-Like Lab-on-a-Chip Infection Test Could Lead to Novel Portable Diagnostics

12/2/2020: AI Predicts Cancer Killing Drug Combos

12/1/2020: DeepMind’s AI makes gigantic leap in solving protein structures

12/1/2020: SARS-CoV-2 May Enter the Brain through the Nose

11/23/2020: In MS, Gut Specific Immune Cells May Play a Protective Role

11/18/2020: Pfizer, BioNTech Report 95% Final Efficacy for COVID-19 Vaccine

11/19/2020: Gut Bacteria Trigger Immune Defense Mechanism to Protect against Viral Infections

11/16/2020: 'Space Karen' (aka Elon Musk) doesn't understand rapid antigen tests (but he thinks he does).

11/16/2020: Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine 94.5% Effective in Early Phase III Data

11/12/2020: Prevalent SARS-CoV-2 Strain More Transmissible, No Less Vulnerable to Vaccines

11/9/2020: Preexisting SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Found in Uninfected People, Higher in Children

11/5/2020: SARS-CoV-2 Decoyed by De Novo Protein, Diverted from Real Target In Vivo

11/4/2020: SARS-CoV-2 Spread Throughout NYC for Weeks Before First Confirmed Case

11/2/2020: Regeneron, Lilly Setbacks Raise Questions on the Effectiveness of Antibodies in Severe COVID-19

11/2/2020: In COVID-19, Blood Clots Are Promoted by Autoantibodies

10/29/2020: U.S. Hospitals Targeted In Rising Wave Of Ransomware Attacks, Federal Agencies Say

10/27/2020: CRISPR-Based Screen Identifies Host Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Infection

10/23/2020: AI Reportedly Matches Tumors to Best Drug Combinations

10/21/2020: SARS-CoV-2 Uses a Second Receptor, Neuropilin-1, to Infect Human Cells

10/7/2020: CRISPR Pioneers Doudna and Charpentier Win 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

9/24/2020: T-Cell-Based Vaccine Effective against Multiple Influenza Virus Strains

9/9/2020: How Black doctors are answering the call to reform medical education — and bringing COVID-19 vaccine trials to communities of color

9/8/2020: COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Paused Due To Illness In One Volunteer