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Evaluating methods targeting Protein-Protein Interactions

pharmaphorum

Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are becoming increasingly relevant in the pathology of many diseases, including cancer. PPIs are an integral part of the physiology of living organisms, as complexes which control biological pathways mediated by proteins. These regions are critical for optimal interactions between proteins.

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COVID prompts another milestone, as India clears first DNA vaccine

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The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the development of mRNA-based vaccines, and its influence has now extended to DNA-based shots as well, with Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D getting emergency use authorisation in India. Proponents of the approach claim that DNA vaccines may have advantages over other technologies like mRNA.

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The structure of DNA is found to be actively involved in genome regulation

Scienmag

The two meters of -stretched- DNA contained in human cells are continuously twisting and untwisting to give access to genetic information: when a gene is expressed to generate a protein, the two strands of DNA are separated to give access to all the machinery necessary for this expression, resulting in an excessive accumulation of coiling […]. (..)

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Latent viruses in human genome inspire novel directions for kidney cancer immunotherapy

Medical Xpress

The human genome contains viral DNA that was integrated into the genomic code long ago. A subset of these viral genes can still be reactivated under certain circumstances to produce viral proteins.

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DNA-peptide interactions create complex behaviours which may have helped shape biology

Scienmag

Researchers find that simple DNA-peptide interactions create a surprising diversity of compartmentalised higher-ordered phase behaviours, suggesting that these polymers’ primordial interactions helped create modern complex biological structures. For example, each human cell contains about 2 meters worth of DNA, but this is […].

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Microorganisms produce elemental carbon

Scienmag

Carbon is the cornerstone of most biologically produced organic compounds such as proteins, carbohydrates, fats and DNA. All of these compounds contain, in addition to carbon, many other […]. Through the course of evolution, living organisms have learned to form and process large numbers of different carbon compounds.

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Researchers discover mechanism linking mutations in the ‘dark matter’ of the genome to cancer

Scienmag

The legible sections contained the code for making cell proteins; the other regions, representing about 90% of the entire genome, were dismissed as “junk DNA,” […].

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