ENPICOM and MiLaboratories join forces to power better Repertoire Sequencing data management and analysis workflows Kumar Jeetendra | December 15, 2020 ENPICOM BV, an innovative bioinformatics software engineering company, and MiLaboratories LLC, a technology leader in profiling the mammalian adaptive immune system, announced a strategic partnership to enable efficient MiXCR integration into ENPICOM’s cloud-based IGX Platform. Combining the best of both software solutions within a single platform MiXCR is a universal, state-of-the-art software solution for annotation …
WHO says specialists examining new COVID-19 variant in England Kumar Jeetendra | December 15, 2020 Myth 1: Mental illnesses are rare | On October 7, the World Health Organization said “close to one billion people globally have a mental disorder”. (Image: Reuters) The World Health Organization is aware of a new variant of COVID-19 that has emerged in Britain, but there is no evidence the strain behaves differently to existing …
First enzyme driven biocatalytic creation of nucleic acid structure blocks Kumar Jeetendra | December 15, 2020 Researchers in TU Graz and acib succeed in the first enzyme-driven biocatalytic synthesis of lipoic acid building blocks. This facilitates the development of antiviral agents and RNA-based therapeutics. Because of this COVID 19 pandemic and the related intensive search for therapeutics and vaccines, the chemical substance class of nucleosides is undergoing an enormous increase in …
Researchers grow first biohybrid fake retina with silk fibroin and retinal cells Kumar Jeetendra | December 13, 2020 An international research led by the Complutense University of Madrid has taken a further step to solve the age-related macular degeneration (AMD)-derived blidness problem with the development of the first biohybrid artificial retina constructed with silk fibroin and retinal cells. The biohybrid retina is a cell therapy for the reconstruction of the damaged retina by …
Vitamin D insufficiency could clarify why autism spectrum disorder is more normal in boys Kumar Jeetendra | December 13, 2020 A deficiency in Vitamin D on the mother’s side could explain why Autism spectrum disorder is three times more common in boys, say researchers from The University of Queensland. In their latest study, Professor Darryl Eyles and Dr Asad Ali from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute found vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy caused an increase in …
Researchers grow new serological assay for discovery of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies Kumar Jeetendra | December 13, 2020 Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a novel serological assay for the detection of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus which causes COVID-19. Rebecca DuBois, associate professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, said the new method her staff developed is as accurate as the most dependable antibody tests now available, but is less …
Study: Most pregnant patients tested positive for Covid were asymptomatic Kumar Jeetendra | December 12, 2020 The pregnant patients who tested positive for the coronavirus were also more likely than those who tested negative to identify as Hispanic and report their primary language as Spanish. In a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of worldwide screenings for SARS-Cov-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, implemented in the labor and delivery unit of Elmhurst Hospital in …
Study distinguishes protein as likely restorative objective for leishmaniasis vaccine Kumar Jeetendra | December 12, 2020 According to the results of research led by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), among the various strategies deployed by the Leishmania parasite to avoid tripping the human immune system is to trigger the SHP-1 protein. The parasite does this by secreting a molecule capable of interacting with the Mincle receptor expressed by antigen-presenting dendritic …
With US presently close by, BioNTech CEO searches for more immunization production Kumar Jeetendra | December 12, 2020 The US Food and Drug The chief executive of Germany’s BioNTech SE said the biggest obstacle facing it and partner Pfizer Inc now their COVID-19 vaccine is authorized for use in the United States is to scale up manufacturing to meet huge demand. “We need to fix the manufacturing challenge,” Ugur Sahin told Reuters in …
IGC analysts get three out of six European Research Council grants Kumar Jeetendra | December 11, 2020 Since the establishment of the European Research Council in 2008, the IGC has secured 17 of the competitive grants (7 Beginning, 8 Consolidator and two Advanced). In 2021, with the beginning of the new grants awarded this month, it will have ten active grants. The year of 2020 marks a total of 327 researchers chosen …
Hematoxylin compounds can specifically kill CALR mutant cancer cells Kumar Jeetendra | December 11, 2020 Patients with myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), a group of malignant diseases of the bone marrow, often have a carcinogenic mutated form of the calreticulin gene (CALR). Researchers of the research team of Robert Kralovics, Adjunct Principal Investigator in the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and team leader at the …
Researchers utilize human stem cells and bioengineered platform to construct entire working thymus Kumar Jeetendra | December 11, 2020 Their work is an important step towards having the ability to build artificial thymi that could be utilised as transplants. The thymus is an organ in the chest where T lymphocytes, which play a vital role in the immune system, mature. If the thymus doesn’t work properly or doesn’t form during foetal development in the …
