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    Novel antibody platform tackles viral mutations

    2024-10-23T15:00:00Z

    Scientists have developed an innovative antibody platform aimed at tackling one of the greatest challenges in treating rapidly evolving viruses like SARS-CoV-2: their ability to mutate and evade existing vaccines and therapies.

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    Scientists probe mechanics of how bacteria and antibiotics interact down to molecular level

    2024-10-17T08:43:00Z

    Scientists exploring how combinations of antibiotics can fight resistant bacteria have been awarded an $11.8 million grant for work that could help save the tens of thousands of lives lost yearly to infections that are increasingly plaguing humanity.

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    Researchers a step closer to a cure for HIV

    2024-03-27T11:08:00Z

    A new study demonstrates that a patented therapeutic candidate, an HIV-virus-like-particle (HLP), is 100 times more effective than other candidate HIV cure therapeutics for people living with chronic HIV on combined antiretroviral therapy (cART). 

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    Unraveling cell death protein may inspire new biotechnology tool

    2023-07-27T11:39:00Z

    Scientists have unraveled the step-by-step activation process of a protein with a deep evolutionary history in all domains of life, opening the door to harnessing its functions for use as a biotechnology tool. The protein belongs to the ‘superfamily’ of Argonaute proteins, which previous research has suggested ...

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    ‘Antibiotic culture’ permeates US hospital ICUs, study finds

    2023-04-20T08:58:00Z

    A new study reveals that there continues to be an ’antibiotic culture’ in US hospitals, meaning that the preference for antibiotics is related to their perceived role as ’magic bullets’.