COVID-19 Powerful Disinfectants, Simple and Studied WHO Formulations “We showed that both WHO-recommended formulations sufficiently inactivate the virus after 30 seconds,” as Stephanie Pfänder sums up the results. Plus, this does not merely apply to the WHO solutions; rather, their… Read More ›
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COVID-19 Completely Eradicated by Ivermectin plus other Updates
Scientists from Monash University in Melbourne showed that a single dose of the drug, Ivermectin, could stop the SARS-CoV-2 virus growing in cell culture – effectively eradicating all genetic material of the virus within 48 hours. #COVID19 #ivermectin #SARSCOV2 Leon… Read More ›
‘Alien’ life form is grown in a lab: Scientists add unnatural DNA strands to the genetic code of bacteria to create a new strain
Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, introduced DNA molecules not found in nature to a common bacterium The E. coli bugs are able to grow and reproduce as normal despite containing two extra letters in… Read More ›
Origins of Genomic ‘Dark Matter’ Discovered
A duo of scientists at Penn State University has achieved a major milestone in understanding genomic “dark matter” — called non-coding RNA. This “dark matter” is difficult to detect and no one knows exactly what it is doing or why… Read More ›
RNA-interference pesticides will need special safety testing
Contact: Tim Beardsley tbeardsley@aibs.org 703-674-2500 x326 American Institute of Biological Sciences A new technology for creating pesticides and pest-resistant crops could have effects on beneficial species that current toxicity testing will miss Standard toxicity testing is inadequate to assess the… Read More ›
Biological computer that ‘lives’ inside the body comes one step closer as scientists make transistor out of DNA and RNA
Finding could lead to new biodegradable devices based on living cells that are capable of detecting changes in the environment Steve Connor Thursday, 28 March 2013 Scientists believe they are close to building the first truly biological computer made from… Read More ›
‘Junk DNA’ drives embryonic development
Contact: Heather Buschman, Ph.D. hbuschman@sanfordburnham.org 858-795-5343 Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute Sanford-Burnham researchers discover that microRNAs play an important role in germ layer formation—the process that determines which cells become which organs during embryonic development IMAGE: These are… Read More ›
Scripps Research Institute scientists describe elusive replication machinery of flu viruses
Contact: Jann Coury jcoury@scripps.edu 858-784-8245 Scripps Research Institute IMAGE:The new Scripps Research Institute study shows flu virus proteins in the act of self-replication. Shown here is the influenza virus, which encapsidates its RNA genome (green) with a viral… Click here… Read More ›
Cordyceps could have anti-flammatory benefits
Contact: Lindsay Brooke lindsay.brooke@nottingham.ac.uk 44-011-595-15751 University of Nottingham Rare parasitic fungi could have anti-flammatory benefits Caterpillar fungi (Cordyceps) are rare parasites found on hibernating caterpillars in the mountains of Tibet. For centuries they have been highly prized as a traditional… Read More ›
Diverse intestinal viruses may play a role in AIDS progression
Contact: Elisabeth Lyons elyons@cell.com 617-386-2121 Cell Press In monkeys and humans with AIDS, damage to the gastrointestinal tract is common, contributing to activation of the immune system, progressive immune deficiency, and ultimately advanced AIDS. How this gastric damage occurs has… Read More ›
From vitro to vivo: Fully automated design of synthetic RNA circuits in living cells
From vitro to vivo: Fully automated design of synthetic RNA circuits in living cells September 14, 2012 by Stuart Mason Dambrot Schemes of methodology and designs. (A) Thermodynamic scheme of RNA interaction, showing the different free energies at play and… Read More ›
Binding sites for LIN28 protein found in thousands of human genes
Contact: Debra Kain ddkain@ucsd.edu 619-543-6163 University of California – San Diego Protein expression also causes changes in gene splicing IMAGE:This is Gene Yeo, Ph.D. Click here for more information. A study led by researchers at the UC San Diego Stem… Read More ›
DEAD-box proteins function as recycling nanopistons when unwinding RNA: May be incorporated into artificial nanomachines
Contact: Daniel Oppenheimer daniel.oppenheimer@utexas.edu 512-745-3353 University of Texas at Austin Ancient enzymes function like nanopistons to unwind RNA AUSTIN, Texas—Molecular biologists at The University of Texas at Austin have solved one of the mysteries of how double-stranded RNA is remodeled… Read More ›
Precise and persistent cell sabotage
Contact: Kevin Mayhood kevin.mayhood@case.edu 216-534-7183 Case Western Reserve University Control of siRNA could aid regenerative medicine, cancer therapy Some of the body’s own genetic material, known as small interfering RNA (siRNA), can be packaged then unleashed as a… Read More ›
Viruses with integrated gene switch
Contact: Dr. Sibylle Kohlstädt s.kohlstaedt@dkfz.de Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Numerous viruses are used in the service of science today. They serve as gene taxis to transfer therapeutic genes into body cells or as therapeutic viruses targeted to infect… Read More ›
