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Natural peptides versus COVID-19
Peptides could serve as a potential platform for development of novel drugs for the treatment of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
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Fundamental molecular research underpins our ability to combat COVD-19, says article
Ali Shilatifard’s article explains how investment in institutes performing molecular research is essential, as it is the foundation for all attempts to combat COVID-19 and other future pandemics.
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Developing immunotherapies for hard-to-treat cancers
Exploring how therapies with multi-faceted approaches could improve options for treatment-refractory cancers, like pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancer.
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Researchers develop open access database on macrolactones
A group of researchers has created a free library of 14,000 known macrolactones for other scientists to use in drug development.
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Glycomimetics could prevent COVID-19 from infecting human cells
Glycomimetics, a novel class of antivirals, prevented influenza, herpes viruses and papillomaviruses from infecting cells in animal models and could show similar efficacy against COVID-19.
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£280 million donated for COVID-19 research in three months
A study has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a high level of research donations, making the condition the third most funded disease on average by year.
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High-throughput protocol for producing tetramer assay probes used to investigate COVID-19
The developers of a novel method to create immunological assay probes for screening T cells has leveraged their new protocol against COVID-19.
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Binding site of drug compound and tumour suppressor protein revealed
Using cyro-electron microscopy, researchers have imaged the binding site between a molecule and the tumour suppressor protein PP2A, enabling optimisation of the drug compound.
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Novel gene promoters could improve gene therapies for neurological diseases
Novel promoters based on those in the herpes viruses, enabled delivery of larger genes and increased the period they were active in the nervous system.
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Cynomolgus macaques: a promising animal model of COVID-19 infection?
Researchers comparing the effects of SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV in cynomolgus macaques suggest they could be an effective animal model for testing COVID-19 therapeutics.
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Universal Ebola vaccine shows promise in pre-clinical trials
An Ebola vaccine that has been tested in animals could potentially be used to neutralise four species of the virus, say the researchers.
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Drug could prevent cognitive decline associated with brain tumour radiation
Researchers demonstrated NSPP completely prevented cognitive decline in mice treated with radiation for patient-derived glioblastomas.
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Plant bio-factories contributing to the COVID-19 fight
Researchers have made the genome of the Nicotiana benthamiana plant, a commonly used bio-factory organism, public to aid in COVID-19 vaccine production.
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Human lung epithelium model being tested as a platform for COVID-19 research
The developers of the lung epithelium model plan to investigate whether SARS-CoV-2 can infect and replicate in the model to assess whether it could be used in the fight against COVID-19.
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MERS vaccine candidate could hold promise for COVID-19 vaccine
The vaccine candidate protected all murine models from a lethal MERS infection and could also be effective against the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing COVID-19.
