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Qian Wenfeng's research team found that the origin of the new coronavirus is consistent with natural processes through mutation feature analysis
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
The Qian Wenfeng research group of the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed a new traceability strategy-to speculate the historical host of the new coronavirus by identifying the spectral characteristics of the more than 500 mutations of the new coronavirus .
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The Lancet Public Health: During the COVID-19 pandemic, global organ transplants have been reduced by a third
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
According to a new study presented today at the European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT) conference in 2021, during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the number of solid organ transplants worldwide has dropped by 31% compared to the previous year .
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Researchers have developed an all-in-one detection method to prevent embryos from developing new genetic diseases
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
In the case of a parent with disease-causing DNV, the risk of passing it to their children can be as high as 50%, and the ability to identify healthy embryos for transfer to avoid affected pregnancy is obviously a priority .
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Breaking the deadly cycle: dealing with malaria parasites at multiple life stages
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
"Currently the most effective drugs for treating malaria are not safe for pregnant women or children under 5 years of age," said Carlier, an affiliated faculty member of the Virginia Tech Center for Freshmen Zoonotic Diseases and Arthropod Transmission Pathogens at Virginia Tech under the Flarin Institute of Life Sciences.
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Overview of the development of mRNA vaccines: Part 5
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
Another potential safety issue may stem from the presence of extracellular RNA during the mRNA vaccination process .
Regulatory guidelines for evaluating the quality, safety, and effectiveness of RNA-based vaccines used to prevent infectious diseases are currently being considered .
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Overview of the development of mRNA vaccines: Part IV
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
Once in the host cell, the mRNA is translated into SARS-CoV-2 S protein, which is expressed on the surface of the host cell and induces neutralizing antibodies and cellular immune responses (Figure 3) .
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PNAS: Unexpectedly!
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai showed how the body's monitoring neurons hijack the brain's decision-making process when excited .
To understand how these states affect the brain's decision-making process, scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai analyzed data from a previous study of non-human primates .
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Can eating mushrooms reduce the risk of breast cancer?
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
Recently, researchers from Pennsylvania State University in the United States published a paper in the journal Nutrition Advances, entitled "Higher Mushroom Consumption Is Associated with Lower Risk of Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies" .
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The new filtration method ensures the safety of drinking water and improves industrial production
Time of Update: 2021-09-12
A team of scientists from the School of Engineering at Tufts University, inspired by biology, has developed a new filtration technology that can help curb a drinking-related disease that affects tens of millions of people around the world, and has the potential to improve environmental restoration , Industrial and chemical production and mining, other processes .
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Lu Mujun's team from the Department of Urology, Renji Hospital, affiliated to Renji Hospital won the second prize of Shanghai Rehabilitation Medicine Technology Award
Time of Update: 2021-09-12
The team of Professor Lu Mujun from the Department of Urology and Andrology of Renji Hospital, the team of Professor Li Chao from Tongji Hospital of Tongji University, and Professor Chen Shiyan from Donghua University's team of cooperation project "Clinical and basic research on the rehabilitation of bladder and urethral injury" won the Shanghai Rehabilitation Medicine Science and Technology Award II Prize .
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The discovery of triplet stabilizing factors brings hope to Huntington's disease and other repetitive expansion disorders
Time of Update: 2021-09-12
The article was published in Cell Reports, “FAN1 controls the assembly of mismatch repair complexes through MLH1 retention to stabilize CAG repeat expansion in Huntington’s disease .
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Nature: Brain-inspired memory device
Time of Update: 2021-09-12
" said Ariando, associate professor of physics at the National University of Singapore who led the research: "The idea of using multiple switches in a single element is inspired by the way the brain works.
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Under the atomic microscope, the ant’s teeth are as sharp as a scalpel
Time of Update: 2021-09-12
But they can't really see the structure of the materials that make up ants' teeth and other microscopic animal tools, especially on the atomic scale .
Using this technique, Devaraj and Wang recorded the nanoscale distribution of zinc atoms in ant teeth for the first time .
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The problem of eliminating nematodes is how to attract them
Time of Update: 2021-09-12
Nematodes Attracted by Flaxseed A research collaboration at Kumamoto University in Japan succeeded in purifying and identifying an attractant that can infect root knot nematodes from flax seeds for the first time .
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Chinese scholars and overseas collaborators have made progress in the research of molecular state high-efficiency blue room temperature phosphorescence
Time of Update: 2021-09-12
In response to this problem, the research team proposed a "chromophore confinement" strategy, and constructed organic ion crystal materials with molecular state and high-efficiency room-temperature phosphorescence to achieve high-efficiency and long-life blue room-temperature phosphorescence .
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Science refutes the standard view of decades: Why do only some cells form cancer?
Time of Update: 2021-09-12
In this case, they introduced the mutated BRAF gene into hPSC in the same three stages that they studied in fish, and then implanted these cells into mice to see which cells could form tumors .
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A previously undiscovered transport route for cellular waste
Time of Update: 2021-09-12
A previously undiscovered transport route for cellular waste may be important for future cancer and dementia treatments .
"Understanding the normal function of cells is important for the treatment of cancer and dementia," said Johanna Höög, whose research is now published in the highly ranked scientific journal PNAS .
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Using exosomes to treat osteoporosis, the Naval Medical University team made new progress
Time of Update: 2021-09-12
CXCR4+ exosomal-liposome hybrid nanoparticles tend to accumulate in the bone marrow and release antagomir-188, which can promote osteogenic differentiation and inhibit adipogenic differentiation, thereby reversing age-related bone loss .
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The Shenzhen University team discovered important molecules involved in tissue repair after myocardial infarction
Time of Update: 2021-09-12
A research team led by Professor Liu Jie from the Medical Department of Shenzhen University recently discovered that hypoxia-induced mitotic factor (HIMF) can promote the conversion of macrophages to the M1 phenotype and aggravate myocardial infarction damage, indicating that HIMF may be a new target for the treatment of myocardial infarction .
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Scientists have discovered the source of cancer and have new ideas for treating cancer
Time of Update: 2021-09-12
Later, during the genetic modification of the zebrafish melanoma model, Professor White further discovered that the introduction of the BRAF gene at different stages of melanocyte development would lead to different results .
