High-speed AFM imaging reveals how brain enzyme forms a dodecameric ring structure

Kanazawa University, have captured real-time images showing how a key brain enzyme organizes itself to help memory formation.
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Immunogenicity and safety of COVID-19 subunit vaccine Nanocovax in animal models

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) coronavirus, has become a global health emergency. Since it was first ...
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Study demonstrates robust antibody response elicited by trivalent protein subunit vaccine against SARS-CoV-2

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers demonstrated that a trivalent vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) improved the breadth of ...
Yale Environment 360

Using molecular ‘cookie cutters’ to view membrane protein organization

The membrane that encases a biological cell is not simply a barrier; it is chock full of proteins involved in all sorts of critical biological functions. To really understand what membrane proteins ...
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A different type of COVID-19 vaccine is about to roll out around the world

A new kind of COVID-19 vaccine is about to roll out around the world. It's called a protein subunit vaccine. Early on in the pandemic, many experts thought this was the kind of vaccine that would be ...