Researchers from the Utrecht University have uncovered a sophisticated mechanism by which coronavirus spike proteins can be activated for cell entry. The study, published in the journal Nature, used powerful microscopes and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 4, 2023
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In a new study, researchers from North Carolina State University have used a computer model to understand how African swine fever (ASF) might spread among swine farms in the southeastern U.S.—and examined the effectiveness ...
Veterinary medicine
Jun 22, 2023
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Identifying whether and how a nanoparticle and protein will bind with one another is an important step toward being able to design antibiotics and antivirals on demand, and a computer model developed at the University of ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 5, 2023
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A scientist at Karolinska Institutet reports that machine learning can be used to gain insights into molecular events that change the shape of proteins after they are made, regulating their ability to interact with each other. ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 7, 2021
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A new computational model suggests that certain mutations that block infection by the most dangerous species of malaria have not become widespread in people because of the parasite's effects on the immune system. Bridget ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 8, 2020
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Several drugs approved for treating hepatitis C viral infection were identified as potential candidates against COVID-19, a new disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. This is the result of research based on extensive ...
Biotechnology
May 5, 2020
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Diseases often pile on, coinfecting people, animals and other organisms that are already fighting an infection. In one of the first studies of its kind, bioscientists from Rice University and the University of Michigan have ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 5, 2020
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Misha Govshteyn and his colleagues at the cybersecurity start-up Alert Logic dropped all their projects about a month ago, except for one they deemed a graver threat than the rest.
Security
May 18, 2017
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US authorities moved Monday to take down a global computer botnet behind the massive theft of personal data and unwanted spam emails, as Spain arrested the notorious Russian hacker who operated it.
Security
Apr 11, 2017
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A Ukrainian hacker who admitted using thousands of infected computers to steal user names and passwords for bank accounts and other online services has been sentenced to 41 months in prison.
Security
Feb 16, 2017
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