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Tag Archives: DNA
Kiss Me Under the Parasitic Angiosperm
Mistletoe is held in high regard at this time of year. No Christmas decorations are complete without a garland of cheerful mistletoe hanging on the door, or suspended prettily from the rafters as an incentive for festive romance. In nature, … Continue reading
Posted in Genetics, Plants, Science, The Environment
Tagged christmas, DNA, genetics, genome, mistletoe, mitochondria, nucleus, parasite, science, viscum album
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A Marvellous Month of Science
Fungal extracts prevent hepatitis C virus infection Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a huge cause of liver cancer, but current treatments are very expensive and not that great. Since HCV is a cunning little virus capable of quickly evolving drug … Continue reading
Posted in Disease, Fungi, Immunology, Medicine, Microorganisms, Science, Vaccines, Viruses
Tagged cancer, cold, DNA, fungi, HCV, hepatitis C virus, oncolytic, prostate, stem cell, sulochrin, T cell, telaprevir, tumour
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Clouds of decoy viruses help cure genetic disease
The presence of foreign objects, like viruses, in our bloodstream is usually a bad thing. Evolution has created some extremely efficient immune cells that patrol the blood, seeking out material that should not be there, and shutting it down. Sometimes, … Continue reading
Posted in Disease, Genetics, Medicine, Microorganisms, Science, Viruses
Tagged AAV, antibodies, coagulation factor IX, courier, decoy, DNA, gene therapy, haemophilia B, shell, virus
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Turning insect viruses into cancer therapies
Gene therapy is a pretty promising approach for lots of different diseases, and has already overcome a huge hurdle with the approval of the very first gene therapy product, Glybera, by the European Commission in 2012. At its core, gene … Continue reading
Posted in Disease, Medicine, Microorganisms, Science, Viruses
Tagged baculovirus, cancer, DNA, gene therapy, immune, insect, prostate, tumour
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Ivory DNA sequencing tracks elephant poaching hotspots
The illicit trade in elephant ivory has been a ridiculous problem since the 1980’s, when Asian and African elephants were decimated to such a level that they made it onto Appendix One (“most endangered species”) of CITES. While all trade … Continue reading
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