Common salt activates anti-tumor cells
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In the past, cancer was usually a death sentence, but research has made considerable progress in recent decades and has significantly increased the survival time with a high quality of life for many types of cancer.
Game-changing needle-free COVID-19 intranasal vaccine
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New Griffith University research, published in Nature Communications, has been testing the efficacy of delivering a COVID-19 vaccine via the nasal passages.
Professor Suresh Mahalingam from Griffith's Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics has been working on this research for the past four years.
Deadly sea snail toxin could be key to making better medicines
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A multinational research team led by University of Utah scientists has identified a component within the venom of a deadly marine cone snail, the geography cone, that mimics a human hormone called somatostatin, which regulates the levels of blood sugar and various hormones in the body.
AI can speed up drug development
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In drug development, experimental methods are often used to determine the three-dimensional structures of target proteins and to understand how molecules bind to them.
New worm study paves way for better RNA-based drugs to treat human disease
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As the number of RNAi-based treatment studies expands, questions about how long RNAi benefits can last and if it’s possible to fine-tune RNAi need to be answered.
Researchers make breakthrough in fight against COVID-19
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The team, in partnership with an experimental effort led by Yale University researchers Walter Mothes and Wenwei Li, has uncovered new insights into how the virus infects human cells and how it can be neutralized.
New AI tool captures how proteins behave in context
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In a first for the field of artificial intelligence (AI), a tool called PINNACLE embodies Kay's insight when it comes to understanding the behavior of proteins in their proper context as determined by the tissues and cells in which these proteins act and with which they interact.
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