A new @NatureComms study from Jiang Zhu's lab reports a structure-guided strategy to stabilize influenza hemagglutinin (HA) trimers for nanoparticle vaccines. In preclinical models, the nanoparticles showed prolonged lymph node retention and elicited more robust immune responses.
More: https://t.co/Ax0kIHi3us
China's biotechnology companies are producing medicines at a speed and cost that has drawn interest from the world’s largest pharmaceutical groups
https://t.co/6v1yobHgrg
A genome-wide map of the genetic network in monocytes that regulates type I interferon induction by the cGAS-STING pathway @scisignal
https://t.co/hN9Ag3oKCQ
In the latest issue! Coordinated RNA- and protein-templated synthesis of double-stranded DNA by a dual reverse transcriptase immune system https://t.co/eJRTKqCvDe
Mechanism underlying the high regulatory performance of the doxycycline riboswitch G12
"capture-SELEX: RNA itself immobilized to a bead-bound oligo, while the ligand is free. Candidates only elute if binding the ligand triggers a conformational change"
https://t.co/iHl8D1ftDl
Researchers have identified the receptor CD36 as essential for human sapovirus infection alongside bile acids, which help the virus enter intestinal cells.
This mechanism opens potential avenues for antiviral treatment and vaccine development. https://t.co/cnkF04C7UQ
Researchers in Science report the development of a general-purpose biomedical AI agent that can help automate biomedical research workflows.
The authors say their results point “toward a future in which AI agents work alongside human researchers to accelerate biomedical discovery from basic research to translation.”
Learn more: https://t.co/UdLl5uxMQe
Small molecules can covalently modify proteins and generate covalent neoantigens, triggering immune responses. Now, a chemoproteomic platform enables the discovery of covalent neoantigens, which can also be harnessed for immunotherapeutic applications
https://t.co/6ebbp7YycW
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