Self-assembled DNA buckyballs for drug delivery
...ical Society in Washington, D.C. They reminded the audience that although the geometry of solid truncated icosahedrons was first described by Archimedes on paper more than 2,000 years ago, the skeletal, hollow-faced version of buckyballs had not been envisioned until Leonardo da Vinci's illustrations in 1494....UCR biochemist goes to Washington with high-protein corn
... the world, Gallie has been invited to speak to an audience of congressional staff in the Longworth House Office Building of the U.S. House of Representatives. His 45-minute presentation is scheduled for 10 a.m., Sept. 23. The National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research, a broad-based coalition of...Commonly used antidepressants may also affect human immune system
...scovery was highlighted for the general scientific audience by the journal Nature Reviews Immunology, and now the research team is working to produce an animal model that may help describe the precise nature of this interaction. "The novelty is that we reveal a potential communication, involving the transmit...Engineer ramps up protein production, develops versatile viral spheres
...ocess is akin to advertising a product to a random audience and hoping some consumers become interested. With an engineered capsid, in contrast, a vaccine maker could attach a very specific protein designed to stimulate only the appropriate immune-system cells. A vaccine with these well-targeted capsids wou...