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WEBUnderstanding the Role of Autophagy in Infectious Disease. The Scientist | 1 min read. Josephine Thinwa shares her journey to becoming a physician scientist and how this led her to investigate the role of a neurologically important kinase in virus-induced autophagy.
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WEBDNA-Sensing Enzyme Wins the 2024 Lasker Award. Laura Tran, PhD | Sep 19, 2024 | 7 min read. Zhijian “James” Chen received this year’s Albert Lasker Award for discovering cGAS, an enzyme which scopes out DNA-based threats and alerts the immune system.
2021 Top 10 Innovations - The Scientist Magazine®
WEBDec 1, 2021 · ABOVE: The Scientist Staff W ith the COVID-19 pandemic dragging toward a most unwelcome third year, it’s not surprising that the biomedical community has continued to focus on diagnosing and treating the disease. The list of this year’s Top 10 Innovations winners reflects these shared goals with a couple of products that can help researchers better understand the biological realities of ...
What Does a Positive Covid Test Look Like? - The Scientist …
WEBMay 10, 2024 · ABOVE: A positive rapid test will yield two visible lines (middle) while a valid negative test will only show a single line in the control region (right) and an invalid test will show no control line (left). iStock, ASIFE V iral TikTok videos showing teenagers hacking rapid COVID-19 tests by inserting sodas and other acidic solutions into the tests’ inlet caused quite a stir in 2021 ...
Artificial Organs: Innovating to Replace Donors and Dialysis
WEBJan 20, 2023 · Artificial organs are bioengineered devices or tissues that scientists create and integrate into the human body to replace, duplicate, or augment functional, naturally occurring organs. 1 They pose a solution to organ donor shortages, and can also be used as medical training tools. 2. Based on the materials researchers use to produce them ...
Insights into qPCR: Protocol, Detection Methods, and Analysis
WEBNov 8, 2023 · qPCR, also known as real-time PCR, is an extension of traditional PCR, where DNA amplification over time is quantitated by measuring fluorescence from dyes intercalating into nascent DNA strands or by cleavage of target-specific probes. Therefore, the method combines detection with amplification, providing researchers with …
An Introduction to Glycoproteins | The Scientist Magazine®
WEBJul 18, 2023 · Glycoproteins are a large and diverse group of proteins to which one or more sugar molecules, known as oligosaccharides, have been attached through covalent bonding. These diverse proteins have a wide range of functions, including roles in immune response activation, cell signaling, and disease processes. More …
Can Taking a Test Now Tell You if You’ve Already Had COVID-19?
WEBAug 8, 2022 · ABOVE: Lindsey Baden Credit: Len Rubenstein I n April of 2022, almost two and a half years into the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that 40 percent of the US population had yet to contract SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Thanks to the highly transmissible BA.5 variant, that percentage is probably smaller now, but there are still some people who ...
2020 Top 10 Innovations - The Scientist Magazine®
WEBDec 1, 2020 · So this year at The Scientist, our annual contest incorporates inventions aimed at understanding and ultimately solving the COVID-19 problem. Among our independent judges’ picks for 2020’s Top 10 Innovations were core laboratory technologies—such as a single-cell proteome analyzer and a desktop gene synthesizer—alongside pandemic ...
New Discoveries in Human Anatomy | The Scientist Magazine®
WEBFeb 18, 2020 · The brain’s drain. The lymphatic system, a body-wide network of vessels that drains fluids and removes waste from tissues and organs, was long-believed to be absent from the brain.Early reports of lymphatic vessels in the meninges, the membrane coating the brain, date as far back as the 18th century—but these findings were met with skepticism. . Only recently has this view been overturned ...