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Celebrating 2019 Biomedical Breakthroughs
Happy New Year! As we say goodbye to the Teens, let’s take a look back at 2019 and some of the groundbreaking scientific discoveries that closed out this remarkable decade. Each December, the...
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Structural Biology Points Way to Coronavirus Vaccine
Caption: Atomic-level structure of the spike protein of the virus that causes COVID-19. Credit: McLellan Lab, University of Texas at Austin The recent COVID-19 outbreak of a novel type of coronavirus...
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To Beat COVID-19, Social Distancing is a Must
gettyimages/SDI Productions Even in less challenging times, many of us try to avoid close contact with someone who is sneezing, coughing, or running a fever to avoid getting sick ourselves. Our...
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Bringing Needed Structure to COVID-19 Drug Development
Caption: Molecular map showing interaction between the spike protein (gold) of the novel coronavirus and the peptidase domain (blue) of human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). Credit: Adapted...
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Capturing Viral Shedding in Action
Credit: Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, MT You’ve probably seen some amazing high-resolution images of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus...
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Finding New Ways to Fight Coronavirus … From Studying Bats
David Veesler/Credit: University of Washington Medicine, Seattle David Veesler has spent nearly 20 years imaging in near-atomic detail the parts of various viruses, including coronaviruses, that...
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A Look Back at Science’s 2022 Breakthroughs
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Shutterstock/tobe24, Midjourney Inc. Happy New Year! I hope everyone finished 2022 with...
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Study Reveals How Epstein-Barr Virus May Lead to Cancer
Caption: Illustration shows in the foreground EBNA1 protein (blue) bound to a preferred stretch of DNA. In the background, larger amounts of the protein accumulate, breaking strands of DNA, and...
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With the summer holiday season now in full swing, the blog will also swing into its annual August series. For most of the month, I will share with you just a small sampling of the colorful videos and...
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Many People with Long COVID Have Signs of Persistent SARS-CoV-2 Proteins, New...
Credit: Donny Bliss/NIH In 2021, NIH launched the Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative, a nationwide research program, to fully understand, diagnose, and treat Long COVID. We...
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