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There are numerous potential uses for the CRISPR-Cas gene scissors, ranging from antiviral treatments and diagnostics to the ...

The CRISPR-Cas gene scissors offer a wide range of potential applications, from the treatment of genetic diseases to antiviral therapies and diagnostics. However, to safely harness their powers, ...

The CRISPR-Cas gene scissors offer a wide range of potential applications, from the treatment of genetic diseases to antiviral therapies and diagnostics. However, to safely harness their powers, ...

A ribozyme is a ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule with the ability ... predating the emergence of protein enzymes during evolution. Cryo-EM structures of circularly permuted group II introns ...

Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan Department of Life Science ...

For several of these viruses, a significant proportion of infections can be asymptomatic (e.g., WNV). Substantial fatality is associated with symptomatic JEV, MVEV, AKHV, KFDV, WNV, DENV and YFV ...

They escape our immune system by mutating the virus structures that are recognized by antibodies. In order to adapt vaccines to new circulating virus variants as promptly as possible, it is first ...

Yoshimura. These receptors enable innate immune cells to detect single-stranded ribonucleic acid viruses and unmethylated cytosine-phosphate-guanine-deoxyribonucleic acid of pathogens, even those ...

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, ...

Scientists uncover structure of critical component in deadly Nipah virus Findings could inform the design of treatments to combat infection Date: January 20, 2025 Source: Harvard Medical School ...

QUITE recently it has been shown that ribonucleic acid, derived from tobacco mosaic virus, is infectious 1,2, that is, when inoculated into plants it induces typical metabolic changes.