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More than 1,000 SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Protein 3D Structures Available

March 3, 2021 sarah Jonas Antibodies, Biology, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Crystals, DNA, Drug Discovery, Drugs, genes, Genetics, Health, MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, New Jersey, NJ, Pandemic, Pharmaceuticals, Protease, proteins, RCSB Protein Data Bank, Research, RNA, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, SARS-CoV-2, Science, Structural Biology, University of California, San Diego, University of California, San Diego-San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Francisco, Vaccines, Viral, Viruses

New Brunswick, N.J. (March 3, 2021) – The 3D structures of more than 1,000 SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus proteins are freely available

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MicroRNA Testing of Healthy Children Could Provide a Window on Heart and Kidney Health Later in Life

February 26, 2021 sarah Jonas Cardiology, Environmental Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Kidney Function, Mount Sinai, Pediatric, Public Health, RNA

Molecules called microRNAs (miRNAs) that are measurable in urine have been identified by researchers at Mount Sinai as predictors of both heart and kidney health in children without disease. The epidemiological study of Mexican children was published in February in the journal Epigenomics.

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Health Disparities and COVID-19, Toxicity of E-cigarette Generated Aerosols, and More Featured in February 2021 Toxicological Sciences

February 5, 2021 sarah Jonas Asthma, Biochemical, covid, covid 19, COVID-19, Cytotoxicity, Developmental, e-cigarette, e-cigarette aerosol, e-cigarette flavors, Endocrine, Exposure, genotoxicity, health disparaties, Health Disparities, Molecular, neurotoxicology, Nicotine, Reproductive, Reproductive And Developmental Health, RNA, Society Of Toxicology, Sperm, Systematic Review, Systems, toxicological sciences, TOXICOLOGY, toxsci

Toxicological Sciences continues to feature leading toxicology research in the areas of developmental and reproductive toxicology; endocrine toxicology; neurotoxicology; molecular, biochemical, and systems toxicology; and more.

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Scientists identify “immune cop” that detects SARS-CoV-2

January 12, 2021 sarah Jonas Coronavirus, covid 19, Immune activation, Immune Response, Immune System, RNA, SARS-CoV-2

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have identified the sensor in human lungs that detects SARS-CoV-2 and signals that it’s time to mount an antiviral response.

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Rutgers Expert Can Discuss AI Advances Linked to RCSB Protein Data Bank

December 3, 2020 sarah Jonas AI, AI Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Biology, data, DNA, Google, Health, life, New Jersey, NJ, Protein Data Bank, proteins, RCSB Protein Data Bank, Research, RNA, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Science, Structural Biology, University of California, San Diego, University of California, San Diego-San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Francisco, Worldwide Protein Data Bank

New Brunswick, N.J. (Dec. 3, 2020) – Stephen K. Burley, director of the RCSB Protein Data Bank headquartered at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, is available for

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UNLV Immunologist on the Differences Between Two Leading COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates

December 1, 2020 sarah Jonas Biomedical Science, Coronavirus, coronavirus treatment, COVID Treatment, COVID-19, DNA, Flu Shot, Flu Shots, Immune System, Immunologist, Immunology, Influenza, Moderna, Pandemic, Pfizer, RNA, Vaccination, Vaccinations, Vaccine, Vaccines, Virus

Millions around the world have waited for news about a COVID-19 vaccine, regarding it as the beginning of the end for the global pandemic and a herald for the eventual return to “normal life.” Recent announcements from pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna that their respective late-stage vaccine trials have shown a 90% or better effectiveness rate have received international applause, excitement furthered with estimates that doses could be ready as early as December.

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Testing Wastewater for COVID-19

November 20, 2020 sarah Jonas contact tracing, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccination, COVID-19 vaccines, flu, Genetic Analysis, Genomics, Infectious Disease, infectious disease control, infectious disease outbreak, Influenza, pfizer vaccine, Public Health, Research, RNA, RNA sequencing, SARS-CoV-2, Sewage testing, Wastewater, Wastewater Collection

UNLV researcher Edwin Oh and colleagues have implemented wastewater surveillance programs to screen samples for the presence of COVID-19 and to extract the RNA from the SARS-COV-2 virus to find targets that make vaccines more effective.

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Gut Microbiome Manipulation Could Result from Virus Discovery

November 18, 2020 sarah Jonas Bacteria, BIOCHEMISTRY, Biology, Cells, Contamination, Energy, Environment, Enzymes, Evolution, Fuels, genes, Genetics, GUT, gut microbiome, Health, Medicine, microbes, Microbiome, Molecular Biology, New Jersey, NJ, Nutrients, Pollution, Research, RNA, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, Synthetic Biology, Virus, Waksman Institute of Microbiology

Scientists have discovered how a common virus in the human gut infects and takes over bacterial cells – a finding that could be used to control the composition of the gut microbiome, which is important for human health. The Rutgers co-authored research, which could aid efforts to engineer beneficial bacteria that produce medicines and fuels and clean up pollutants, is published in the journal Nature.

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The Hidden Reason Children Born by C-Section Are More Likely to Develop Asthma

November 11, 2020 sarah Jonas Asthma, Cesarean Section, Metagenomics, Microbiota, RNA

Researchers at Rutgers University, the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood and the University of Copenhagen have described for the first time how delivery by caesarean section interferes with a baby’s ability to obtain beneficial germs from the mother’s microbiome, and how this can lead to early childhood asthma.

Announcement

Jennifer Doudna Wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

October 7, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Award Announcement, Berkeley Lab, BIOCHEMISTRY, Biofuels, Biology, Bioproducts, Biosciences, Biotech, Chemistry, Chemistry Awards, CRISPR gene editing, CRISPR-Cas9, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Energy Office of Science, diagnostics and therapeutics, DNA and CRISPR, genome editing, Genomics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Jennifer Doudna, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Medicine, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize, nobel prize in Chemistry, RNA, UC Berkeley, Virus

Biochemist Jennifer Doudna, a professor at UC Berkeley and faculty scientist at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), is co-winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “the development of a method for genome editing.”

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Small molecule targets SARS-CoV-2 RNA for destruction

September 30, 2020 sarah Jonas Coronavirus, COVID-19, RNA, SARS-CoV-2

Researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have identified small molecules that target a structure within the RNA genome of SARS-CoV-2, interfering with viral gene expression and targeting the RNA for destruction.

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UB biophysicist to explore molecular mysteries of protein-RNA droplets

September 22, 2020 sarah Jonas ALS, Biophysics, Cellular Biology, Chemistry, Physics, proteins, RNA

Inside human cells, proteins and RNA can cluster together to form spherical droplets that play vital roles in cellular processes as well as in certain human diseases. A $2 million grant will allow biophysicist Priya Banerjee’s team at UB to explore the molecular details of protein-RNA condensates.

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