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Breast Cancer and Ribosomes: Unraveling the Intricacies of Cellular Processes

March 28, 2024 Editorial Team

Breast cancer, a widely recognized term, stands as one of the most prevalent malignant tumors among women. Nevertheless, the medical community remains captivated by the elusive origins of breast cancer. In recent years, scientists have shifted their focus towards the microscopic world within cells, particularly honing in on the protein synthesis factories within cells –…

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ADCC/CDC Enhancement in Therapeutic Antibody Development

March 28, 2024 Editorial Team

Therapeutic antibodies, engineered through biotechnology, represent a specialized class of antibodies used in disease treatment. These antibodies are designed to target specific disease markers, such as malignant tumors, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases. Compared to traditional antibody therapies, therapeutic antibodies offer higher specificity and fewer side effects. In the realm of immunotherapy, antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity…

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CureVac Strengthens Cancer Vaccine Research and Development Through the Acquisition

March 28, 2024 Editorial Team

CureVac announced a collaboration with myNEO last month to look for neoantigens on the surface of tumor cells in order to develop mRNA-based cancer vaccines. Moderna and BioNTech, and CureVac, are known as the “mRNA Troika”. However, the Phase 3 clinical trial of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine developed by CureVac failed. CureVac has fallen far…

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Unraveling the Complexity of Glycans: Exploring Glycan Arrays and Their Applications

March 13, 2024 Editorial Team

Introduction Glycans, also known as carbohydrates, are complex molecules that play a crucial role in various biological processes. They are involved in cell signaling, immune responses, and cell adhesion, among other functions. Glycan arrays have emerged as powerful tools for studying the interactions between glycans and other molecules. In this blog post, we will…

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Scientists Use Lipid Nanoparticles to Precisely Target Gene-Editing Tools to the Lung

March 8, 2024 Editorial Team

Safe and effective systemic delivery of mRNA to specific organs and cells in vivo remains a major challenge in the development of mRNA-based therapies. Currently, the application of mRNA-based technologies is largely limited to liver diseases because of the lack of specific and effective extrahepatic systemic mRNA delivery systems in vivo. Now, a team of researchers…

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Navigating the Post-Pandemic Era: Optimizing SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Responses

February 2, 2024 Editorial Team

The COVID-19 pandemic, which emerged at the end of 2019, may have receded from public consciousness, but its impact continues to reverberate. Over the past three years, countries worldwide have grappled with multiple waves of widespread infection. Although many nations have now established immunity barriers, the risk of long COVID symptoms and recurrent infections still…

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New Method Provides Vital Information for Plant Breeding

August 8, 2023 Editorial Team

Plants exhibit enormous variation in traits relevant to breeding, such as plant height, yield, and resistance to insect pests. One of the greatest challenges in modern plant research is determining which differences in genetic information cause such changes. Recently, researchers at the University of Düsseldorf in Germany and the Carnegie Institution of Science in…

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Creative Biostructure Unveils Negative Staining EM Platform for Structural Research

August 7, 2023 Editorial Team

Creative Biostructure, a biotechnology company specialized in structural biology, now established a negative staining EM platform that can be used in biology, medicine, and drug discovery and development. Negative staining and Native staining EM Negative staining, also known as negative contrast staining, is a staining technique used for microscopic examination of opaque liquid specimens….

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Previous Vaccines Based on Vaccinia Virus (VACV) Are Effective Against Novel Monkeypox Virus MPXV-2022

July 17, 2023 Editorial Team

More than 52,000 cases have been confirmed in more than 90 countries and territories since a novel monkeypox virus infection was detected in humans in May 2022. The rapid spread of the virus has sparked global concern, and on July 23 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the 2022 monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency…

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