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Biological cells have multiple functions, and they need to communicate with each other to coordinate them. Molecules on the cell surface are central to this process. Researchers have now developed a technology that can be used to discover the organization of cell surface molecules.

In the first head-to-head comparison of the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, researchers have found that the Moderna vaccine offered an increased level of protection.

According to a new study, an important player in the healthy development of female embryos turns out also to play a key role in regulating the behavior of chromosome loops and gene expression in both sexes.

A new study has identified a promising drug candidate to minimize uncontrolled, erratic muscle movements, called dyskinesia, associated with Parkinson’s disease.

Things that are freeze-dried: Astronaut food. Emergency rations. And, just maybe, some future COVID-19 vaccines.

Researchers have identified a new approach to triggering differentiation in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The team identified an enzyme that regulates the differentiation of AML cells. Inhibiting this enzyme prompted AML cells to lose aspects of their identity associated with aggressive growth.

Researchers have developed a molecule of pharmaceutical interest from a protein found in rattlesnake venom. The molecule, now called PEG-rCollinein-1, is a possible drug candidate to modulate blood clotting.

Researchers found that the same type of antibody can neutralize Zika and dengue viruses in two different ways — one where it binds to the virus and deactivates it, which is the traditional way we think about antibody activity, and the other where it burrows in and distorts the virus.

A new study has confirmed a link between altered DNA repair and increased DNA damage associated with spinocerebellar ataxia type 7, a debilitating and sometimes deadly neurodegenerative condition causing movement disorders.

Cancer biologist Yibin Kang has been investigating the gene MTDH, which enables cancer in two ways. He has found a way to disable the gene in both mice and in human tissue, with a targeted experimental therapy.