With research groups spread over two continents, Osier is striving to eliminate malaria through her groundbreaking work in immunology, advocacy and awareness.
Lipid nanoparticles boost potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2
Researchers enhance the immune response against the receptor binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 by presenting it on liposomes, providing a promising strategy for vaccine development targeting this domain.
Humans are not the first to repurpose CRISPR
A recent study discovers that CRISPR can be used for a number of different purposes by diverse biological entities, not just humans and bacteria.
The world faces an air pollution pandemic
Researchers say people’s lives are shortened by an average of nearly three years from different sources of air pollution
“You may not feel a little prick”
4D-printed microneedles may one day replace conventional hypodermics.
Confronting the Global Health Challenges of Climate Change
Protecting human health should be a priority in climate change mitigation efforts.
The Complex Enzymology Of mRNA Decapping
Single stranded RNAs with a free 5′ monophosphate end are susceptible to rapid degradation. Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) and ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) are stabilized by hairpin structures and by “hiding” their 5′ ends within complex protein structures.
Unconventional RNA-Binding Proteins Step into the Virus–Host Battlefront
Recent proteome‐wide approaches have greatly expanded the census of RNA‐binding proteins, discovering hundreds of proteins that interact with RNA through unconventional RBDs.
The Devil Fights Back: How the Tasmanian Devil Adapts to Transmissible Cancer
In their review in BioEssays, Beata Ujvari and colleagues review how the transmissible cancer termed ‘devil facial tumor disease’ affects life history adaptations in Tasmanian devils.
Phenotypic Plasticity in C. elegans: In “Dauer” Need of Stress Relief
Interestingly, C. elegans is capable of a remarkable case of phenotypic plasticity, called the dauer stage, where it is capable of surviving without food for three months. (Image credit: D. Kucharski K. Kucharska/Shutterstock)