‘It’s the Same Old Monroe Doctrine’: Washington Increases Pressure in Latin America

https://lemmy.ml/post/34314157

Blind Justice

https://lemmy.ml/post/32429414

Novo Nordisk’s $50 billion in Ozempic & Wegovy Sales Comes at the Expense of Healthcare Solvency

https://lemmy.ml/post/18918897

NASA: Life Signs Could Survive Near Surfaces of Enceladus and Europa

https://lemmy.ml/post/18437188

Mitochondrial Roles in Antiviral Immunity Modify Manifestations of Neurological Diseases

https://lemmy.ml/post/14255673

Lobbies Give Ultra-Processed Food Corporates New Avenues to Influence Food Policy

https://lemmy.ml/post/12485442

Greenhouse Gas Repurposed in Novel Experiments

https://lemmy.ml/post/11750891

New Nanoparticles Can Perform Gene Editing in the Lungs:
Using these RNA-delivery particles, researchers hope to develop new treatments for cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases

https://news.mit.edu/2023/new-nanoparticles-can-perform-gene-editing-lungs-0330

#immunology #biotech #molecularbiology #nanoparticles #rna #cellbiology #mit

AI Technology Generates Original Proteins From Scratch:
Scientists have created an AI system capable of generating artificial enzymes from scratch. In laboratory tests, some of these enzymes worked as well as those found in nature, even when their artificially generated amino acid sequences diverged significantly from any known natural protein

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2023/01/424641/ai-technology-generates-original-proteins-scratch

#immunology #molecularbiology #cellbiology #cellularBiology #proteinscience #proteinfolding #ProteinStructure #proteins #biotech

Lab Lights Way To Simple Chemical Synthesis:
Photochemistry method eases manufacture of drug, chemical precursors

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35560-3

#molecularbiology #organicchemistry #ChemicalDesign #chemistry #drugdesign #diamine

The Dirty Secret of US Groundwater: 84% Polluted with Arsenic, Lead, Uranium and/or Jet Fuel

https://invidious.flokinet.to/watch?v=U8IBGVuW9rE

Analysis Shows US Wind and Solar Could Outpace Coal and Nuclear Power in 2023

https://www.commondreams.org/news/wind-solar-outpace-nuclear-coal

After Repeated Interest Rate Hikes, IMF Warns Third of World Will Suffer Recession in 2023

https://www.commondreams.org/news/global-recession

Fewer Moths, More Flies: The complex relationships between plants and their pollinators have changed dramatically across the last century

https://www.sflorg.com/2023/01/en01032301.html

No More Dire Warnings: It's Time to Fight to Win

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/2022-climate-emergency

RT @SDonziger@twitter.com

BREAKING: NYT reports a Supreme Court "charity" took $190,000 in secret donations from @Chevron@twitter.com when the company had cases (including Ecuador) pending before the justices. Other corporations also donated.

Horrifying. Why are these conflicts allowed?⤵️
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/us/politics/supreme-court-historical-society-donors-justices.html

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SDonziger/status/1609240221383643136

Canada's First Nations Are Conserving Land on an Unprecedented Scale

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/indigenous-protected-and-conserved-areas-canada

Enzyme That Protects Against Viruses Could Fuel Cancer Evolution:
The finding suggests that the enzyme may be a potential target for future cancer treatments.

https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2022/12/enzyme-that-protects-against-viruses-could-fuel-cancer-evolution

#immunology #molecularbiology #cancerresearch #enzymes #cancerbiology

Implantable Niche with Local Immunosuppression for Islet Allotransplantation Achieves Type 1 Diabetes Reversal in Rats

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35629-z

#immunology #molecularbiology #type1diabetes #scientificresearch #insulin

In early 2023, #Mozilla will stand up and test a publicly accessible instance in the #Fediverse at Mozilla.Social.

More info here: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/