Freeze-dried cellular components can be rehydrated to churn out useful proteins Date: September 23, 2016 Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Summary: Researchers have created tiny freeze-dried pellets that include all of the molecular machinery needed to translate DNA into… Read More ›
. Bioweapon or Potential
Next generation genomic analysis used to probe the former USSR’s biological weapons program
Public Release: 7-Sep-2016 TGen-NAU study generates Soviet anthrax pathogen genome from autopsy specimens The Translational Genomics Research Institute FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Sept. 7, 2016 — A new study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Northern Arizona University… Read More ›
Researchers at the CNIO discover a gene that is essential for the DNA-replication process
Public Release: 6-Sep-2016 The POLD3 protein, recently suggested as a target for the development of novel cancer therapies, is also necessary for the division and survival of healthy cells; these results cast doubt on the use of POLD3 as… Read More ›
Reconstructing the 6th century plague from a victim
Public Release: 30-Aug-2016 Molecular Biology and Evolution (Oxford University Press) Before the infamous Black Death, the first great plague epidemic was the Justinian plague, which, over the course of two centuries, wiped out up to an estimated 50 million… Read More ›
Newly discovered ‘multicomponent’ virus can infect animals
Public Release: 25-Aug-2016 US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Caption Multicomponent viruses, which separately package different genome segments, were thought to be restricted to plant and fungal hosts. Ladner et al. characterize a multicomponent mosquito virus… Read More ›
Bleed like hell
Public Release: 9-Aug-2016 Scientists: To stop the bleeding, the platelet have to ‘die’ Lomonosov Moscow State University IMAGE: On left is an activated “ordinary ” platelet (scanning electron microscope image), the right — “super-activated ” (procoagulant) platelet (transmission… Read More ›
Deadly bacteria share weapons to outsmart antibiotics
Public Release: 13-Jul-2016 CWRU researchers find strategy behind how bacterial resistance enzymes spread and avoid destruction Case Western Reserve University Bacteria are rapidly developing resistance mechanisms to combat even the most effective antibiotics. Each year in the United… Read More ›
Deadly bug strikes in a day
Public Release: 8-Jul-2016 New pathway discovered for bacteria Griffith University A deadly bacteria that can be picked up by a simple sniff can travel to the brain and spinal cord in just 24 hours, a new Griffith University and… Read More ›
Obscure virus found in women with unexplained infertility
Public Release: 7-Jul-2016 HHV-6 Foundation SANTA BARBARA, CA — A new study has found that the little-known member of the human herpesvirus family called HHV-6A infects the lining of the uterus in 43% of women with unexplained infertility… Read More ›
‘Sniff and die’ bug can reach brain and spinal cord in 24 hours – Burkholderia pseudomallei bacterium
PUBLISHED08/07/2016 Burkholderia pseudomallei bacterium causes the potentially fatal disease meliodosis A terrifying “sniff and die” bug that kills 89,000 people around the world each year can travel from the nose to the brain and spinal cord in just 24… Read More ›
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