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Studies Unravel SARS-CoV-2 Protein Interactions With Human Proteins

A pair of studies identified connections between proteins from SARS-CoV-2 and human cells, hitting on key host pathways and potential treatment targets.

Tens of Thousands of Protein-Protein Interactions Reported in Human Reference Interactome Map

The protein-protein interactions tallied in the project are expected to inform future studies of biology and disease in various tissue and cell types.

Congenica Taking Deliberate Approach to International Expansion
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The UK-based maker of clinical genomics interpretation software is moving into the US and China after carefully researching the differences from European markets.

Hybrigenics Signs Three-Year, $2.4M Renewal of Protein Interaction Services Deal
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French biotech firm Hybrigenics said this week that it has renewed a three-year, $2.4 million research services agreement with an unnamed US life sciences company.

New Assay Could Aid Study of Brief Protein Interactions, Interpretation of Phosphoproteomic Work
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Medical University of Vienna researchers have developed a protein-proximity assay for investigating and validating short-lived protein-protein interactions.
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ChatGPT Does As Well As Humans Answering Genetics Questions, Study Finds

Researchers in the European Journal of Human Genetics had ChatGPT answer genetics-related questions, finding it was about 68 percent accurate, but sometimes gave different answers to the same question.

Sequencing Analysis Examines Gene Regulatory Networks of Honeybee Soldier, Forager Brains

Researchers in Nature Ecology & Evolution find gene regulatory network differences between soldiers and foragers, suggesting bees can take on either role.

Analysis of Ashkenazi Jewish Cohort Uncovers New Genetic Loci Linked to Alzheimer's Disease

The study in Alzheimer's & Dementia highlighted known genes, but also novel ones with biological ties to Alzheimer's disease.

Tara Pacific Expedition Project Team Finds High Diversity Within Coral Reef Microbiome

In papers appearing in Nature Communications and elsewhere, the team reports on findings from the two-year excursion examining coral reefs.