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Neanderthal gene can confer protection against severe COVID-19, finds study

February 22, 2021 Allele, cell, chromosome, Chromosome 12, Chromosome 3, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Disease COVID-19, DNA, frequency, gene, genes, Genetic, genome, Genomics, Infectious Diseases, Intensive Care, locus, Neanderthal, Phylogeny, receptor, respiratory, RNA, SARS, SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, syndrome:

Some of the genes in the human genome appear to confer a protective effect against severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),

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Cissampelos pareira L. extracts demonstrate anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity in vitro

February 22, 2021 cell, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Disease COVID-19, efficacy, Estrogen, fever, gene, genes, genome, hormone, in vitro, pathogen, protein, receptor, respiratory, RNA, SARS, SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Signaling Pathway, Spike Protein, syndrome:, virus

A team of scientists from India has recently investigated the antiviral potency of a traditional medicinal plant Cissampelos pareira L.

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Clonally expanded plasma cell lineages in SARS-CoV-2 produce specific neutralizing antibodies

February 16, 2021 ACE2, Angiotensin, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, antibodies, antibody, Antigen, Blood, cell, Cell Membrane, Convalescent Plasma, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Disease COVID-19, Cytometry, enzyme, Flow Cytometry, genes, genome, Genome Editing, Germline, Glycoprotein, Immune Response, Immunoglobulin, pathogen, protein, receptor, research, respiratory, SARS, SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, syndrome:, virus

The immune response to infection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the cause of the ongoing coronavirus

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Modified CRISPR/Cas9 complex targets specific histones

February 10, 2021 Bioengineering, cancer, Cas9, cell, chromosome, Crispr, DNA, enzyme, Epigenetics, gene, Gene Expression, genes, genome, Genome Editing, Histones, melanoma, molecule, Phosphorylation, protein, research, students

Finding a needle in a haystack is hard enough. But try finding a specific molecule on the needle. Rice University

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Glitch in genome architecture may cause B-cell malignancies

February 1, 2021 architecture, B-cell, cause, genome, Glitch, in, malignancies, may

Errors in the way chromosomes are packed into antibody-producing B cells appear to play a role in the development of

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Scientists use clues in the human genome to discover new inflammatory syndrome

October 27, 2020 clues, discover, genome, Human, in, inflammatory, New, Scientists, syndrome:, the, to, Use

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered a new inflammatory disorder called vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory

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Genome editing at the crossroads of scandal and cure

January 15, 2020 and, at, crossroads, cure, editing, genome, of, scandal, the

Genetic modification of babies in China one year ago was universally condemned. At the same time, CRISPR treatments are on

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Researchers wirelessly hack ‘boss’ gene, a step toward reprogramming the human genome

July 16, 2019 'boss', A, gene, genome, Hack, Human, reprogramming, Researchers, step, the, Toward, wirelessly

It seems like everything is going wireless these days. That now includes efforts to reprogram the human genome. A new

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Scientists cut main heart disease risk locus out of DNA by genome editing

December 6, 2018 By, cut, disease, DNA, editing, genome, heart, locus, main, of, out, risk, Scientists

Over the past decade we’ve learned that billions of people carry a mysterious specter in their DNA that strongly increases

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Genetic disease healed using genome editing

October 8, 2018 disease, editing, Genetic, genome, healed, Using

Parents of newborns may be familiar with the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria—in Switzerland, all newborn babies are screened for this genetic