Engineering molecular interactions with machine learning
In 2019, scientists in the joint School of Engineering and School of Life Sciences Laboratory of Protein Design and Immunoengineering (LPDI) led by Bruno Correia developed MaSIF: a machine learning-driven method for scanning millions of protein surfaces within minutes to…
SpyLigation uses light to switch on proteins
Scientists can now use light to activate protein functions both inside and outside of living cells. The new method, called light-activated SpyLigation, can turn on proteins that are normally off to allow researchers to study and control them in more detail….
Can Science Help in Vaccine Hesitancy ?
South Carolina residents were more hesitant than Americans as a whole to receive the COVID-19 vaccine during the fall of 2020, report researchers in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in the Journal of…
Monocytes may be a stable reservoir of HIV
A recent study which is led by Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists and a team of researchers reports the evidence that HIV genome can be found in circulating white blood cells called Monocytes. For this study, the blood samples were taken…
Can CRISPR -CAS identify cancer genes multiple personalities?
Mutations in our genes can lead to severe problems, like colon or liver cancer. But cancer is very complex. Mutations in the same genes can lead to different subtypes of tumors in different people. Currently, scientists don’t have a good…
Ludwig von Beethoven’s genome sheds light on cause of death
In 1802, Ludwig van Beethoven asked his brothers to request that his doctor, J.A. Schmidt, describe his malady—his progressive hearing loss—to the world upon his death so that “as far as possible at least the world will be reconciled to…
Study finds similar association of progestogen-only and combined hormonal contraceptives with breast cancer risk
There is a relative increase of 20% to 30% in breast cancer risk associated with both combined and progesterone-only contraceptives, whatever the mode of delivery, though with five years of use, the 15-year absolute excess incidence is at most 265…
The Viral Amazon Snake Cat: Real or Fake?
The social media is going insane after finding this mysterious creature apparently called as “Serpens Catus” or “Amazon Snake Cat”. The black cat having bright yellow patches which looks quite similar to the scales of a reptile. It belongs to…
Does birth method impacts newborn’s microbiome?
The newborn’s microbiome plays a very crucial role in the health and development of humans throughout their life and it is mainly inherited from the mother. Since mother and child share the same intestinal strains during pregnancy, they inherit around…
Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: A Rare Genetic Condition
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy is a very rare genetic cardiomyopathy which thought to affect 1 in 5,000 people, where the heart muscle (myocardium) is replaced by both scar (fibrosis) and fat. This can mainly affect the right ventricle but sometimes the left…
