Reporting First Direct Sequence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA
The Lachlan Coin and Sebastian Duchene teams and collaborators in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Australia, …
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Synonymous Mutations Can Affect Protein Folding And Impair Cellular Fitness
Synonymous codon substitutions affect the mRNA coding sequence, but the encoded amino acid sequence remains unchanged. Therefore, ostensibly these substitutions …
COVID-19 Forcing You To Go Digital? You’re Missing A Trick
Moments of crisis always mean change. In these times, it’s tempting to reach for quotes from leaders who successfully navigated through turbulent …
Coronavirus - My Secret Hope
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause disease in animals and humans. They were discovered as a cause …
Tzager - A Smart AI Agent For Biomedical Research
Tzager is an A.I. agent built for biomedicine research, drug discovery and personalized medicine, with the main features being Biochemical …
Microbiome: Can Human Microbes Become A Panacea?
The microbiome is implicated in a number of metabolic pathways and communicates closely with our body in health and diseases. …
New Study Shows Remdesivir Prevents Coronavirus MERS-CoV Infection In Monkeys
In a new study, researchers from the National Institutes of Health reported that the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir (also known as …
How Pharma Reacts To Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak
UPDATE April 04. 2020. The number of confirmed cases of COVID19 approaches 1M globally. Since too many drug repurposing programs …
Top Companies At The Forefront Of RNA Therapeutics Development
Alongside the topic of gene editing technologies that keeps making headlines these days, there is also a wave of breakthroughs …
Structural Basis of Poxvirus Transcription Revealed
In order for viruses to proliferate, they usually need to be supported by infected cells. In many cases, the molecules …
This Discovery Of Immune Cells May Start The Development Of New Anti-cancer Therapies
Recently, in research published in the Immunity, researchers from University College London in the United Kingdom revealed that a special …
Paving A Pathway To Pharma 4.0
Pharmaceutical manufacturers find themselves at a critical juncture. In the past 30 years, pharma has seen some significant shifts. Consider …