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July 17, 2020, 13:53

Better vaccines are in our blood

New platform technology uses red blood cells to generate targeted immune responses in mice

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July 17, 2020, 13:48

Researchers convert female mosquitoes to nonbiting males with implications for mosquito control

Virginia Tech researchers have proven that a single gene can convert female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes into fertile male mosquitoes and identified a gene needed for male mosquito flight.

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July 16, 2020, 12:00

Turning off “junk DNA” may free stem cells to become neurons

For every cell in the body there comes a time when it must decide what it wants to do for the rest of its life. In an article published in the journal PNAS, National Institutes of Health researchers report for the first time that ancient viral genes that were once considered “junk DNA” may play a role in this process.

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July 16, 2020, 10:56

Scientists achieve first complete assembly of human X chromosome

The first end-to-end (‘telomere-to-telomere’) completely gapless DNA sequence of a human chromosome is a major milestone for genomics research

genetics

July 15, 2020, 11:30

Scientists discover key element of strong antibody response to COVID-19, offering inspiration for vaccine design

The findings support many vaccine strategies being used to tackle the new coronavirus.

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July 15, 2020, 11:21

Severely Damaged Human Lungs Can Now Be Successfully Recovered

Columbia Engineering and Vanderbilt researchers demonstrate that human lungs rejected for transplant can be recovered using cross-circulation, to provide much larger number of donor lungs to critically ill patients

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July 14, 2020, 13:55

Breast Cancer Cells Can Reprogram Immune Cells To Assist In Metastasis

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center investigators report they have uncovered a new mechanism by which invasive breast cancer cells evade the immune system to metastasize, or spread, to other areas of the body.

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July 14, 2020, 13:47

Engineered llama antibodies neutralise Covid-19 virus

Researchers have developed a family of engineered nanobodies which neutralise the SARS-CoV-2 virus, targeting the viral spike protein in a novel way.

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