Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

'Calling all scientists': Experts volunteer for virus fight

Michael Wells was looking for a chance to use his scientific training to help fight the coronavirus when—on the same day the pandemic forced his lab to temporarily close—he decided to create his own opportunity.

Medical research

Researchers publish digital atlas of all human brain proteins

An international team of scientists led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has launched a comprehensive overview of all proteins expressed in the brain, published today in the journal Science. The open-access ...

Genetics

Hobbyist DNA services may be open to genetic hacking

Online services that allow users to upload their genetic information, research genealogy and find lost relatives may be vulnerable to a sort of genetic hacking, according to two geneticists at the University of California, ...

Medical research

Free tool simplifies cancer research

Every cell contains a vast number of proteins, each of which has a specific function, for example, as a receptor for another molecule or an enzyme that catalyzes chemical reactions. Disorders of such mechanisms can seriously ...

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