Everyone poops: Monitoring COVID-19 in wastewater
University of Missouri scientists receive $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine clues about the rate ...
Tag: Bioinformatics
Scientists identify virus-cell interaction that may explain COVID-19’s high infection rate
Lehigh researchers quantify the specific interaction between the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes COVID-19 -- with ...
A new way to visualize mountains of biological data
Researchers led by the University of Missouri create a new method for analyzing large amounts of biological data to help ...
AllianThera Biopharma comes out of stealth and collaborates on AI with Insilico Medicine
AllianThera Biopharma lead by ex-pharma veterans, Dr. Yuan-Hua Ding and Dr. Javier Cote-Sierra partnered with an AI-driven drug discovery company, ...
New sequencing approach finds triple-negative breast cancers continue accumulating genetic changes during tumor growth
Novel technique for single-cell single-molecule DNA sequencing enables faster, deeper study of chromosome evolution with possible clinical and research implicationsCredit: ...
Planting the seed for DNA nanoconstructs that grow to the micron scale
A concept for seeded all-or-nothing assembly of micron-scale DNA nanostructures that could extend nanofabrication capabilities and enable creation of highly ...
Deluge of DNA changes drives progression of fatal melanomas
Credit: WEHI, Australia Melbourne researchers have revealed how melanoma cells are flooded with DNA changes as this skin cancer progresses ...
Atomic techniques reveal the evolution of a bacterial protein
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Vladlena Kharchenko A combination of an array of atomic-level techniques has allowed researchers to show how ...
The trouble of being tall
Credit: Mogens Trolle The giraffe is a truly puzzling animal. With its exceptional anatomy and suite of evolutionary adaptations, the ...
A deep dive into cells’ RNA reality
New highly sensitive, specific, and multiplexable RNA detection method advances in situ transcriptomics with potential for a range of biomedical ...
Extinct Caribbean bird’s closest relatives hail from Africa, South Pacific
Credit: Jeff Gage/Florida Museum of Natural History GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In a genetic surprise, ancient DNA shows the closest family ...
Physicians and scientists join forces to develop the longevity medicine curriculum
Physicians and scientists highlight the importance of longevity medicine education and collaborate on the first longevity medicine course for physiciansCredit: ...
New probe set unravels evolutionary history of second-most diverse group of land plants
Credit: Photos by Emily Sessa. In 2016, a collaborative group of research and education specialists received funding from the National ...
A computational guide to lead cells down desired differentiation paths
A novel computer-guided design tool predicts combinations of transcription factors for more effective engineering of cell types with potential use ...