https://knowablemagazine.org/article/living-world/2023/what-is-a-neuron-when-did-it-evolve
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Immunologist/Molecular Biologist & Biology Professor
"Genotoxic Effects by Base and Prime Editors in Human HSPCs Aren’t Surprising, Says Pioneer:.
Microbiologist Faculty position opportunity at PUI with M.S. program. Great position for those interested in a mixture of teaching and research.
https://x.com/WrightingApril/status/1701737327918211452?t=UHlvD2x_4jYmUZ3TRWSBTQ&s=09
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Persistence of the virus is likely playing a significant role in many people with #LongCovid
www.thelancet.com/journals/...
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Impressive stuff & kudos to parents for randomising kids of this age! #immunotherapy #peanut #allergy
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Lifestyle transitions in basidiomycetous fungi are reflected by tRNA composition and translation efficiency of metabolic genes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.05.09.539844v1?med=mas
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Many soft contact lenses in US made up of PFAS, research suggests | PFAS | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/09/contact-lenses-pfas-forever-chemicals
"..there is a price to pay for very long or very short telomeres."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/health/long-telomeres-age-longevity.html?smid=tw-share&s=09
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This is definitely an area where it makes sense that AI could outperform humans.
'The new methodology is “remarkable”, says Dave Mauger, a computational RNA biologist who previously worked at Moderna in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a maker of mRNA vaccines. “The computational efficiency is really impressive and more sophisticated than anything that has come before.”
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Electricity Can Heal Even The Worst Kind of Wounds Three Times Faster, New Study Finds:
Scientists used an old theory to develop a new technique that involves exposing skin cells to an electric field to make the wounds on the skin heal faster.
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/electricity-can-heal-chronic-wounds
#immunology #molecularbiology #scientificreports #cellbio #woundhealing #electricity
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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
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"However, T cell responses to dietary antigen have primarily been characterized using monoclonal T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic systems which do not represent a physiological immune response. Polyclonal CD4+ T cell responses to food, including TCR-specific selection and functional differentiation, remain largely uncharacterized and are critical for understanding mechanisms of tolerance and allergy."
Lockhart, @mucida et al
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When discussing the role of microbiome in modulating immune responses to tumours, I did not expect that to require the actual bacteria translocating to the tumour!
#TumorImmunology #medicine #immunity #immunology #melanoma
@cellpress
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(23)00271-4?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email
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An excellent overview of why #fungalpathogens are so important especially in crop plants. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01465-4 #agriculture #science
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“Nothing beats kindness… It sits quietly beyond all things.”
This is wonderful: https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/05/27/the-boy-the-mole-the-fox-and-the-horse/
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