The publication of the complete human genome sequence in 2004 has marked the beginning of a new era. Since then, the famous Crick dogma that…
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Eukaryotic proteins are made up of both “ordered” and “disordered” parts. The former have a fixed 3D structure, while the latter do not take on…
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Whenever new research tools become available, scientists get excited about new options to explore, new inventions to make, paradigms to shift, and to kick scientific…
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The increasing incidence of morbid obesity suggests that the quantity of bariatric surgical procedures will continue to increase each year, as many patients who have…
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Since the first FDA approval of an immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy in 2011, immunotherapy has increasingly become a standard-of-care treatment for cancer. ICB can…
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Human disease can be loosely categorized into two broad categories, monogenic and polygenic diseases. The word monogenic means mutating a single gene is sufficient to…
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Transplantation is in some regards the “end of the line” therapy in medical care as transplantation specialists step in to replace entire organs after other…
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Alcohol-induced liver disease is a progressive disease, starting from liver steatosis, which then progresses to liver fibrosis or even cirrhosis and liver cancer. It is…
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The use of live attenuated vaccine gdhA derivative Pasteurella multocida B:2 that can be administered intranasally is an alternative way to protect cattle and buffaloes…
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Across the human genome, there are a few million base pairs that differentiate one person from another. Though these differences account for only 0.1% of…
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During the development of an organism, all the different tissues take their shape and grow. Ultimately, they all together form a functional adult. The big…
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