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Phages could help to tackle antimicrobial resistance

Drug Target Review

Phage have been of interest to scientists as tools to understand fundamental molecular biology, as vectors of horizontal gene transfer and drivers of bacterial evolution, as sources of diagnostic and genetic tools, and as novel therapeutic agents. In bacteria , cGAS-like cyclases are central parts of the CBASS immune response.

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A surprising new role for a major immune regulator

Broad Institute

Related people Paul Blainey Nir Hacohen A signaling protein known as STING is a critical player in the human immune system, detecting signs of danger within cells and then activating a variety of defense mechanisms. Paper Cited Liu B, Carlson R, et al. Human STING is a proton channel. Online August 3, 2023.

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Roche launches new quantitative antibody test to measure SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, to support the evaluation of vaccines

The Pharma Data

The new Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S test can quantitatively measure the level of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in patients who have been exposed to the virus. The majority of current candidate vaccines aim to induce an antibody response against the spike protein. The test targets antibodies against the spike protein.

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Scaling Phage Therapy

Codon

doi: 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/goodsell-gallery-048 The Virus that Cures It’s been over 25 years since the science magazine Discover first ran an extraordinary article about how a long-forgotten medical treatment, used in the former Soviet country of Georgia, could save us from the growing threat of untreatable, drug-resistant infections.

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Codon Digest: Seeing Colors After Gene Therapy

Codon

.” Wellcome Collection , London I wrapped up my series on “30 Days of Great Biology Papers.” ” This was a series of tweets in which I told brief stories behind seminal papers, mostly in molecular biology and biophysics. a lower risk of immune responses. You can read all of them here.

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Codon Digest: Seeing Colors After Gene Therapy

Codon

.” Wellcome Collection , London I wrapped up my series on “30 Days of Great Biology Papers.” ” This was a series of tweets in which I told brief stories behind seminal papers, mostly in molecular biology and biophysics. a lower risk of immune responses. You can read all of them here.