UCI researchers develop novel molecule for COVID-19 treatment Kumar Jeetendra | August 6, 2020 When the coronavirus pandemic struck, nearly everyone in the University of California, Irvine — and colleges across the country — had to abandon campus. That’s because his laboratory, which designs and constructs chemical molecules, had the ideal equipment to aid in the international push to locate remedies for COVID-19. Nowick’s group set to work in …
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 …
