Lead author, Karl Barber with a PICASSO microarray. Credit: Karl Barber, Schmidt Science FellowsResearchers have repurposed the genetic modification innovation CRISPR to identify antibodies in a patient's blood samplings. This can influence a new class of medical diagnostics along with a host of various other applications.This technology entails customizable collections of proteins affixed to...
Research by Gustavo Caetano-Anollés and Fayez Aziz, University of Illinois, reveals a “big bang” during evolution of protein subunits known as domains. The team looked for protein relationships and domain recruitment into proteins over 3.8 billion years across all taxonomic units. Their results could have implications for vaccine development and disease management. Credit: Fred...
An artistic rendering of antibodies surrounding a SARS-CoV-2 particle. Credit: LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORYAn antibody treatment that seems to reduce the effects of all recognized SARS-CoV-2 pressures and various other coronaviruses was created with some help from architectural biologist Jay Nix.Lifesaving COVID-19 injections are enabling us to feel optimistic once again, after over a...
3D illustration of an RNA chain. Credit: Christopher Burgstedt/Getty ImagesRecently, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst revealed their discovery of a new RNA production process. The RNA resulting from this process is purer, more copious, and probably more economical than any other process currently in existence. This new technique removes the most significant...
