The answer may be found in human CD4+ T cells Virus specific memory CD4+ T cells numbers predict the outcome of human influenza infections Wilkinson et al. in 2012 showed that CD4+ T cells that are activated by earlier influenza virus… Read More ›
Month: April 2013
Peptide Property Calculator
Peptide Property Calculator Peptide property calculator is a comprehensive web-based tool available at Biosynthesis which calculates the various physiochemical property of the protein sequence. Listed below are the application user can access from the tool: Calculates the physiochemical properties like… Read More ›
Peptides for Influenza Research
Synthetic peptides are versatile tools to help develop vaccines against new Influenza A viral strains Pools or libraries of synthetic peptides derived from Influenza A viral proteins can be used to screen for and identify human leukocyte class I (HLA-I)… Read More ›
Tales of Genes and Proteins
Implications of the Human Genome Project The human genome project revealed that the human genome contains approximately 26,000 to 38,000 genes that code for proteins. This is significantly fewer than had been previously anticipated. It was found that protein-coding sequences… Read More ›
The RNA world is still expanding !
The ever expanding world of RNA RNA or ribonucleic acids differ from DNA or deoxyribonucleic acids in having the sugar ribose in place of deoxyribose as well as having one less oxygen atom at the ribose. Secondly, in RNA the… Read More ›
Happy DNA Week!
This week is the international DNA week! . This year we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the DNA double helix by Watson and Crick which was achieved with the help of X-ray diffraction data produced by Rosalind… Read More ›
A newly mutated influenza virus strain called H7N9 that could start a pandemic !
A new influenza virus strain was recently detected in China “” The new H7N9 virus is a flu virus originating in birds called “avian influenza A(H7N9) virus.” “” It is estimated that somewhere between 5% and 20% of U.S. residents… Read More ›
What do long noncoding RNAs and Pseudogenes do?
Pseudogene long noncoding RNA networks appear to regulate transcription and translation in human cells. What are pseudogenes? Pseudogenes are now thought to be nonfunctional relatives of genes and can be defined as fragments of nucleotide sequences that resemble a domain… Read More ›
What is a Gapmer?
A gapmer is a chimeric antisense oligonucleotide that contains a central block of deoxynucleotide monomers sufficiently long to induce RNase H cleavage. . Gapmers – Design and Use The central block of a gapmer is flanked by blocks of 2’-O… Read More ›
Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer Risk
More News and Things I learned from the AACR 2013 Meeting! The American Institute for Cancer Research publishes progress reports on the fight against cancer. It also developed a list of recommendations on healthy lifestyle habits that have been shown… Read More ›
