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2021.07.21
Over the last few decades, neurodegenerative diseases became one of the top 10 global causes of death. Researchers worldwide are making a strong effort to...
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2021.05.20
Rabies is still responsible for approximately 60,000 deaths in humans each year. The bat-borne virus EBL1a, related to rabies, rarely affects humans, but a...
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2021.05.21
Dominant optic atrophy (DOA) is one of the most common forms of mitochondrial disease. It can be caused by genetic mutations in OPA1 resulting in mitochondrial...
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2020.07.09
Diagnosis of sleeping sickness, a neglected tropical disease caused by African trypanosomes, relies on the detection of parasites in blood. Following their...
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2020.10.24
α1β2γ2 GABAA receptors mediate most inhibitory synaptic transmission in the brain, and are the target of widely used therapeutic drugs such as benzodiazepines...
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2020.03.19
Gene structure, including the transcript leader, is very diverse in fungi. New sequencing data analysis from the RNA Biology of Fungal Pathogens unit revealed...
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2020.07.22
Aptamers can be thought of as analogs of antibodies entirely composed of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA). They can be used in a wide range of applications but they...
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2021.03.22
The human body is made up of tens of thousands of billions of cells, all originating from the division of one parent cell into two daughter cells. Scientists...
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2021.02.15
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, words that just a year ago would have been the preserve of scientists have entered everyday language. One example...
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2021.02.08
Membrane vesicles (also known as extracellular vesicles) are produced by all kinds of organisms. They are small lipid bags that come off a donor cell and get...