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Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and the Medical Center—University of Freiburg has ...

Eukaryogenesis occurred suddenly, driven by the growing length of genes and the limitations on producing longer proteins. An ...

This explainer outlines how neurons and glial cells coordinate electrical and chemical signals to form complex brain networks ...

A recent study marks the first reported instance of generative AI designing synthetic molecules that can successfully control gene expression in healthy mammalian cells. As a proof-of-concept, the ...

The levels of calmodulin-associated calcineurin in a cell may not be as informative ... dephosphorylated substrates and localized to the nucleus did not contain calmodulin 4.

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COVID-19 is the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that emerged in December 2019. Coronaviruses are a type of virus. There are many different kinds, and some, like COVID-19, cause disease ...