Scientists capture atomic images to improve RNA interference drug design
RNA interference is a natural mechanism for living cells to control whether specific genes are being used or…
Nasal viruses may drive allergic rhinitis, and ribavirin shows early promise as a targeted spray treatment
A new study suggests that clearing symptom-driving nasal viruses could calm allergic inflammation and open a fresh treatment…
New screening approach identifies proteins that control human gene expression
Researchers at University of California San Diego have developed a large-scale screening approach that identifies proteins controlling a…
Study identifies key fibrotic cells driving hypertrophic scars
Hypertrophic scars (HS) are abnormal outcomes of wound healing, marked by excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition and impaired…
Researchers identify molecular pathway that delays diabetic wound healing
Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is one of the most serious complications of diabetes and a major cause of…
Scientists uncover new molecular mechanism driving gastrointestinal stromal tumors
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the digestive tract, with KIT mutations driving…
New spatial map reveals treatment vulnerabilities in bladder cancer
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a spatial map of muscle-invasive bladder…
How Haya Therapeutics is targeting the dark genome to treat fibrotic disease
AT A GLANCE Publicly launched: 2021 Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland, and San Diego Focus: Precision RNA-guided therapeutics targeting…
Synthetic biology platform unmasks hidden bacterial targets of bacteriophages
An interdisciplinary team of Rice University researchers has uncovered previously unknown relationships between bacteriophages – viruses that infect…
Defective HIV copies explain persistent viral traces during treatment
Antiretroviral drugs for HIV infection have enabled most people living with the virus to live long and healthy…
Bee-derived propolis shows potent antiviral activity against varicella-zoster virus
Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a clinically important human neurotropic herpesvirus…
New blood test tracks real time gene expression inside living brain tissue
Cell function is determined by how DNA is expressed into proteins. That process includes two main steps –…