Mammals known as scaly anteaters are natural hosts of coronaviruses, but are not likely the direct source of the recent…
Designing vaccines from artificial proteins
Scientists have developed a new computational approach to create artificial proteins, which showed promising results in vivo as functional vaccines.…
Malaria parasite ticks to its own internal clock
Researchers have long known that all of the millions of malaria parasites within an infected person’s body move through their…
Discovery of malaria parasite’s clock could pave way to new treatments
The parasite that causes malaria has its own internal clock, explaining the disease’s rhythmic fevers and opening new pathways for…
‘Metabolic signature’ can determine adherence to Mediterranean diet, help predict CVD risk
A newly identified ‘metabolic signature’ can evaluate an individual’s adherence and metabolic response to the Mediterranean diet and help predict…
New research into stem cell mutations could improve regenerative medicine
Research has given new insight into the cause of mutations in pluripotent stem cells and potential ways of stopping these…
Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and major diseases at the same time
Researchers, politicians and funding bodies find themselves in front of a unique situation: The mounting pressure to accelerate and intensify…
Mouse and human eye movements share important similarity
Scientists have used a lightweight eye-tracking system composed of miniature video cameras and motion sensors to record head and eye…
Study tracks COVID-19 spread in pediatric dialysis unit
As COVID-19 continues its sweep around the globe, dialysis units have continued to be hotspots for the virus’ spread. Researchers…
Surplus antioxidants are pathogenic for hearts and skeletal muscle
Oxidative stress can be pathological. Now researchers report that the other end of the redox spectrum, reductive stress, is also…