Considered the most lethal form of DNA damage, double-strand breaks must be repaired to prevent cell death. In developing therapies for hard-to-treat breast and ovarian cancers in patients with BRCA gene mutations, scientists aim to identify ways to keep cancer…
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Modified CRISPR/Cas9 complex targets specific histones
Finding a needle in a haystack is hard enough. But try finding a specific molecule on the needle. Rice University researchers have achieved something of the sort with a new genome editing tool that targets the supporting players in a…
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Zinc supplementation bolsters repurposed antivirals against SARS-CoV-2
Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pathogen, serious efforts have been made to identify new or repurposable drugs that effectively inhibit or counteract the infection. A…
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What are Viral Retroposons?
By Gillian D’Souza, MSc Retroposons are repetitive DNA fragments that are inserted into a host chromosome after reverse transcription from an RNA molecule. Credit: Katryna Kon/Shutterstock.com Retroposons that share structural similarities with retroviruses, such as the HIV virus, are called…
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Virulent Bacteriophages and the Lytic Cycle
Bacteriophages are a special type of virus that infect bacteria and have amazing structural and functional diversity. When a bacteriophage infects a bacterium, it can hijack the molecular machinery of the cell to make lots of progeny, and then burst,…
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APO-Ramipril Tablets
NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. APO-RAMIPRIL TABLETS Ramipril Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about ramipril. It does not contain all the available information….
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Methoblastin PFS
NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. METHOBLASTIN® PFS methotrexate (meth-o-TREX-ate) Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about METHOBLASTIN® PFS. It does not contain all the…
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Overactive enzyme causes hereditary hypertension
A Turkish family from a village near the Black Sea caught the attention of medical researchers in the early 1970s, when a physician discovered that many members of this large family had both unusually short fingers and astronomically high blood…
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