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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:46 AM
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In synthetic and structural biology, advances in artificial intelligence have led to an explosion of designing new proteins with specific functions, from antibodies to blood clotting agents, by using computers to accurately predict the 3D structure of any given amino acid sequence.
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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:08 AM
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In an illuminating new study published in Nature Communications, researchers report groundbreaking insights into the immune responses against COVID-19 among people living with HIV.The work, emerging from the CoVPN 3008 study, identifies neutralizing and binding antibodies as critical correlates of...
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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:06 AM
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Imagine tiny machines, smaller than a virus, spinning inside cancer cells and rewiring their behavior from within. No surgery, no harsh chemicals, just precision at the molecular level.
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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:05 AM
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Inside nearly every cell of your body, the tiny F1 motor works non-stop to create adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the universal energy source that powers almost every action you take—from breathing to running. While scientists have understood the structure of this molecular machine for years, a key mystery remained: how does its partner, the F0 motor, spin F1 with maximum efficiency?
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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:05 AM
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Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS has been constantly changing as it makes its way through our solar system. That's to be expected, as, for the first time in potentially billions of years, it's getting close to the energy put out by a star.
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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:03 AM
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Spanish authorities on Monday announced a cull of animals infected in the country's first outbreak of highly contagious lumpy skin disease, which has struck cattle on a farm.
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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:03 AM
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In a quest to develop new antiviral drugs for COVID-19 and other diseases, a collaboration led by scientists at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute has identified a potential new drug against the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:02 AM
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The risk of developing long-term symptoms after a COVID-19 infection has dropped sharply in the Netherlands, according to new research by the RIVM. The study shows that people infected with SARS-CoV-2 in 2023 were no more likely to report persistent health problems than people who never caught the...
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Ed Rybicki
October 3, 2025 8:16 AM
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As the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers turned their attention not only to the direct effects of the virus but also to the widespread secondary health impacts emerging from changes in lifestyle and healthcare access.
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Ed Rybicki
October 3, 2025 8:16 AM
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As climate change and a growing global population strains our existing food supply, scientists are looking on land and at sea for innovative solutions.
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Ed Rybicki
October 3, 2025 8:15 AM
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Our ancient past isn't always buried history. When it comes to our DNA, nearly 9% of the human genome is made up of leftover genetic material from ancient viruses (called endogenous retroviruses or ERVs) that infected our ancestors millions of years ago and became permanently integrated into our genetic code. In a new study published in the journal Nature, scientists have demonstrated that one piece of this viral junk is essential for the earliest stages of human life.
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Ed Rybicki
October 3, 2025 8:13 AM
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A research team working at MedUni Vienna has demonstrated that a specific component of the immune system (PTX-3) remains at significantly higher levels in the blood of patients who have suffered from severe COVID-19, even months after the acute infection has subsided.
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Ed Rybicki
October 3, 2025 8:13 AM
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The world's first vaccine trial against elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV)—a leading cause of death in young Asian elephants—is safe and triggers a strong virus-fighting immune response, according to an international team led by the University of Surrey, in collaboration with Chester Zoo and the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:46 AM
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A world-first study has proven microbes essential for human health can survive the extreme forces of space launch. The study has been published in npj Microgravity.
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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:07 AM
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Recently, NASA revealed exciting details of new findings from Mars. Scientists have discovered tiny patterns of unusual minerals in the clay-rich rocks on the edge of Jezero Crater—an ancient lake once fed by Martian river systems, and the exploration site of the NASA Perseverance Rover.
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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:06 AM
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A new one-hour, low-cost HPV test could transform cervical cancer screening in Africa and beyond, researchers report.
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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:05 AM
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Despite rapid advances in reading the genetic code of living organisms, scientists still face a major challenge today—knowing a gene's sequence does not automatically reveal what it does. Even in simple, well-studied bacteria like Escherichia coli (better known as E. coli), about one-quarter of the genes have no known function. Traditional approaches—turning off one gene at a time and studying the effects—are slow, laborious, and sometimes inconclusive due to gene redundancy.
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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:04 AM
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In a quest to develop new antiviral drugs for COVID-19 and other diseases, a collaboration led by scientists at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute has identified a potential new drug against the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:03 AM
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When astronauts returned from NASA's final Apollo moon mission in 1972, some of the samples they collected were sealed and carefully stored away in the hope that future researchers using advanced equipment might analyze them and make new discoveries.
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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:03 AM
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Researchers in Japan have pinpointed a biological cause of Long COVID brain fog using advanced PET brain imaging. They discovered widespread increases in AMPA receptor density linked to cognitive impairment and inflammation.
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Ed Rybicki
October 7, 2025 8:02 AM
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/PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) has completed the transfer of the marketing authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid® to Sanofi, in the...
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Ed Rybicki
October 3, 2025 8:16 AM
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A comet from another star system will swing by Mars on Friday as a fleet of spacecraft trains its sights on the interstellar visitor.
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Ed Rybicki
October 3, 2025 8:15 AM
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It's no secret that we need new ways to treat and detect disease, including cancer. Specifically, we need better biomarkers that can be used for diagnosis and better ways to selectively get medicine where we want it to go in the body.
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Ed Rybicki
October 3, 2025 8:15 AM
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In a new study, a team of geologists and biologists led by CU Boulder resurrected ancient microbes that had been trapped in ice—in some cases for around 40,000 years.
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Ed Rybicki
October 3, 2025 8:13 AM
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A massive NIH-backed study reveals that COVID-19’s toll on smell may be more widespread and lasting than most realize. Even patients without noticeable symptoms often performed poorly on scent tests, raising safety and health concerns.
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