A New 30,000-year-old Giant Virus Named Mollivirus Sibericum Was Found
French scientists found an ancient giant virus named Mollivirus sibericum in a frozen soil sample collected from permafrost in Siberia, which has been sleeping in prehistoric permafrost in the region ...
BioTechniques: Comparative Analysis of Eukaryotic Cell-Free Expression Systems Comparison
Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) is favored by researchers as it allows them to quickly generate a protein independent of cell culture. Eukaryotic lysates can carry out post-translational ...
New Finding of Responses to CTLA4 Blockade in Metastatic Melanoma
Cancer immunotherapy is quite popular in recent years. From the beginning of the discoveries that our immune system can inhibit cancer growth, along with the multiple roles of the immunologic ...
The Lasker Has Been Awarded to Scientists for Cancer Research & Ebola Response
October is coming, and the scientific community will also enter the "Nobel Prize Month". Every year many media organizations predict the Nobel Prize. The Lasker Awards, however, one of the most ...
The United Immune Cells?
Migratory birds, dolphins, ants and many other creatures have learned a truth that unity is strength. When immune cells fight against viruses, they are also well versed in this rule, recently pointed ...
New Finding: A New Spatial Model for the Study of Tumor Growth & Evolution
Mathematical model is the most powerful tool to elucidate cancer growth and evolution, but over the years it still has defects. Although there are some models having been developed to capture tumor ...
Cell Reports: Activated Neurons Release "Mysterious" Proteins Against Neurodegeneration
Recently, a study found that activated neurons can release a kind of "mysterious" proteins to protect nerve cells from death threats. The latest study, conducted by researchers led by the University ...
Announcement Dates Set for the 2015 Nobel Prizes
According to the Nobel Prize's official website, this year's laureates, including researchers, authors, and peace advocates who, as envisioned by Alfred Nobel, have brought the greatest benefit to ...
To Be Immunogenic or Not? It Is Not a Question Anymore
In 2006, Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka gained the lead with iPS technology induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). Since then, the technology has been seen as the hope of cell therapy. It is ...
GEN: Top 20 R&D Spenders among Life Science Companies
Like pharmaceutical companies, life science tool and technology companies are also experiencing a wave of cost spiral and consolidation in recent years. Among these top 20 companies on this year's ...