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Structural Insights Help Us Understand Influenza's Replication

Researchers have solved the structure of the influenza virus' replication machinery, giving structural insights into new potential drug targets and how the virus adapts to different hosts.
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Flavor Compounds Have the Potential To Affect Protein Functions

Compounds used to add flavor to drinks, candies and e-cigarette mixes could affect protein functions by binding and altering their shape.
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Window Coating Could Cool Buildings Without a Need for Energy

Scientists have used advanced computing technology and artificial intelligence to design a transparent window coating that could lower the temperature inside buildings, without expending a single watt of energy.
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New Test Detects Amphiphiles at Ultralow Concentrations

Researchers have developed a fast and cost-effective method to test liquids for a ubiquitous family of chemical compounds known as amphiphiles, which are used to detect diseases such as early-stage tuberculosis and cancer as well as to detect toxins in drugs, food, medical devices and water supplies.
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Organoids Reveal How SARS-CoV-2 Damages Brain Cells

COVID-19 infections can result in long-lasting neurological symptoms; new research suggests an already approved anti-viral may inhibit viral replication and rescue impaired neurons.
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Vaccine Generates Immune Response Against Breast Cancer in Trial

Researchers in a new study describe the development of an experimental vaccine that could be used to prevent or treat an aggressive form of breast cancer, safely generating an immune response against an important driver of breast cancer growth.
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New Function for Key Cortical Brain Region Discovered

Researchers have discovered the mechanistic steps underlying a new type of synaptic plasticity called behavioral timescale synaptic plasticity.
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First-Ever Virtual Clinical Trial Compares Two Alzheimer's Drugs

Researchers have used a computer model to successfully simulate a clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of multiple treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
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Discovery Boosts Potential of New Cancer-Fighting Drugs

Researchers have uncovered a critical feature that a promising new class of cancer drugs, known as CELMoDs, needs to be effective.
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The Protein That Underlies a Childhood Movement Disorder

Scientists have illuminated the molecular events underlying an inherited movement and neurodegenerative disorder known as ARSACS – Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay, named for two Quebec valleys where the first cases were found.
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