Day October 25, 2020

IMAGE: Multiple IM30 proteins form large, oligomeric ring structures. IM30 rings bind to stressed membrane surfaces, disassemble, and individual proteins partially unfold. Multiple IM30 proteins form a protective carpet structure on… view more  Credit: ill./©: Dirk Schneider and Benedikt Junglas, JGU…

IMAGE: Micaela Pedrazas (left) and Cansu Demir, both graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences, examining an exposed side of an ice wedge polygon, which… view more  Credit: Bayani Cardenas If you flew from the…

Residents of U.S. counties with more social connections (measured as Facebook friends) to China or Italy – the first countries to report major COVID-19 outbreaks – were more likely to adhere to social distancing restrictions at the onset of the…

A new mathematical modeling study by Ashish Goyal and colleagues, informed by data collected from 25 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in 4 different countries, offers some important new insights into the optimal timing of 4 different antiviral therapies to combat…

IMAGE: N-heterocycles are organic substances used in the chemical industry and medicine. To produce them, expensive catalysts made from noble metals are used. A chemist from RUDN University developed a nanocatalyst… view more  Credit: RUDN University N-heterocycles are organic substances used…

IMAGE: The Journal is dedicated to validating and publishing outstanding research and commentary on all aspects of CRISPR and gene editing, including CRISPR biology, technology, and genome editing, and commentary and… view more  Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers The CRISPR…

Highlights In a recent study, a new algorithm achieved good performance for predicting which hospitalized patients will develop acute kidney injury requiring dialysis. Results from the study will be presented online during ASN Kidney Week 2020 Reimagined October 19-October 25.…

Highlights * A new model that incorporates a type of artificial intelligence can accurately predict which individuals with chronic kidney disease face a high risk of developing atrial fibrillation. * Results from the study will be presented online during ASN…

IMAGE: The mutant MARK4 creates a form of tau which accumulates easily in brain cells, causing neurons to die. view more  Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a new mechanism by which clumps…

IMAGE: Percentage of apoptosis in PMC, A549 and/or MCF7 after 24 hours exposed to talc. PMC = pleural mesothelial cells; NC = neoplastic cells. *p view more  Credit: Correspondence to – Milena Marques Pagliarelli Acencio – [email protected] Oncotarget recently published “Evaluation…