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How Do Our Immune Systems Develop in the First Days of Life?
In the womb, a human fetus has limited contact with pathogens. However, once born, babies face a myriad of germs completely new to their bodies. Their immune system must rapidly develop to ensure early protection from infection. But what is exactly the dynamic of the immune system development in the first days of life?
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Experts Respond to Reported Death of COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Participant
News has emerged from Brazil that a participant of the Phase III clinical trial investigating the COVID-19 vaccine, ChAdOX1, has died.
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CryoEM Achieves World Record Resolution
Scientists have broken a crucial resolution barrier in cryo electron microscopy, succeeding in observing single atoms in a protein structure and taking the sharpest images ever with this method. Such unprecedented details are essential to understand how proteins perform their work in the living cell or cause diseases.
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Simple Skin Test Can Detect Parkinson's Disease
A study published in Movement Disorders, shows how a chemical assay can detect clumping of the protein alpha-synuclein in skin samples to help diagnose Parkinson's disease (PD). The study's authors said using the assay can lead to earlier detection of PD and better clinical trials.
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Study Reveals Potential Gene Behind “Glowing” of Sea Pickle
A new study describes a bioluminescent gene that could be the reason that so-called "sea pickles," or pyrosomes, an underwater free-floating colony of thousands of tiny animals, reverberate in blue-green light.
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New Method Developed for Earlier Detection of Alzheimer's Disease
Washington State University scientists have developed a method to detect the biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease that is 10 times more sensitive than current blood testing technology.
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Uncovering a Novel Mechanism for Disposing of Misfolded Proteins
About 30 years ago, Dr. Richard Sifers set out on a journey to discover why people with a rare condition known as alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency present with high variation in the severity of liver disease. His journey led him to the discovery of fundamental underpinnings of this condition and, unexpectedly, to uncovering a novel cellular mechanism for disposing of misfolded proteins.
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First Draft Sequence of the Human Proteome Is Mapped
Twenty years after the release of the human genome, the genetic “blueprint” of human life, an international research team, including the University of British Columbia’s Chris Overall, has now mapped the first draft sequence of the human proteome.
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Immune Protein Orchestrates Symbiotic Relationship Between Bobtail Squid and Bacteria
New research revealed that, in the mutually beneficial relationship between with the Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes, and the luminescent bacterium, Vibrio fischeri, an immune protein called “macrophage migration inhibitory factor” or “MIF,” is the maestro of daily rhythms.
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A New Way To Personalize Prostate Cancer Treatment
A team of researchers has identified biomarkers that can predict if a prostate cancer patient has a high probability of developing metastasis.
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