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Potential COVID-19 Drug Is Successful in Lab Study

January 14, 2021 sarah Jonas COVID-19, covid-19 prevention, COVID-19 research, covid-19 symptoms, COVID-19 treatments, Peptide, Research, Study

A new potential therapy for COVID-19 developed by researchers at Rush University Medical Center has shown success in preventing the disease’s symptoms in mice.

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Energy Harvesting Goes Organic, Gets More Flexible

September 15, 2020 sarah Jonas Energy, energy harvesting, Journal of Applied Physics, organic, Peptide, Physics, Piezoelectric, University College Dublin

The race is on to create natural biocompatible piezoelectric materials for energy harvesting, electronic sensing, and stimulating nerves. Researchers decided to explore peptide-based nanotubes, and in the Journal of Applied Physics, they report using a combination of ultraviolet and ozone exposure to generate a wettability difference and an applied field to create horizontally aligned polarization of nanotubes on flexible substrates with interlocking electrodes. The group’s work will enable the use of organic materials more widely.

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New Research Reveals Antifungal Symbiotic Peptide In Legume

July 20, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Cell Biology, Danforth Center, Danforth Plant Science Center, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Microscopy, MYCOLOGY, Peptide, Plant Science

Danforth Center scientists, Dilip Shah, PhD, Siva Velivelli, PhD, Kirk Czymmek, PhD, and their collaborators at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have identified a sub class of peptides in the nodules of the legume, Medicago truncatula that proved effective in inhibiting growth of the fungus causing gray mold.

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Scientists Aim Gene-Targeting Breakthrough Against COVID-19

June 4, 2020 sarah Jonas Antiviral Compounds, Antiviral Drugs, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Chemistry & Materials, Coronavirus, COVID-19, CRISPR, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, Epithelial Cells, flu, Gene Editing, Gene Therapy, Gene Therapy Drugs, human cells, Infectious Disease, Influenza, Medicine, Medicine & Health: Infectious/Emerging Diseases., Molecular Foundry, Nanomaterials, Nanoscience, Nanoscience & Technology, Nucleotides, Pandemic, Pandemic Flu, Peptide, Peptoids, Pneumonia, Polymers, preclinical research, respiratory ailments, Respiratory Infections, Respiratory Therapy, RNA Biology, Rna Editing, RNA enzyme, RNA sequencing, self-assembling RNA, Stanford University, Stanford University School of Medicine, Transfection, Upper Respiratory Infection, Viral Infections, viral mutations, Viral Replication, Virus

Scientists at Berkeley Lab and Stanford have joined forces to aim a gene-targeting, antiviral agent called PAC-MAN against COVID-19.

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Designing a new class of drugs to treat chronic pain

September 30, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Medication, Neuron, Opioid, Opioid Abuse Epidemic, Opioid Addiction, pain, pain and addiction, Peptide

A UC Davis research team, led by Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy and Heike Wulff, will receive a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a novel class of peptides that are better at treating pain and don’t have the side effects of opioids. The grant is part of the NIH initiative Helping to End Addiction Long-Term (HEAL Initiative).