Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) causes serious infections in immunocompromised patients and therapies to inhibit latent HCMV are not developed. Using CRISPR/Cas9, the authors were able to delete an important promoter region in HCMV.
Read More...Using CRISPR technology to inhibit the replication of human cytomegalovirus by deletion of a gene promoter
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) causes serious infections in immunocompromised patients and therapies to inhibit latent HCMV are not developed. Using CRISPR/Cas9, the authors were able to delete an important promoter region in HCMV.
Read More...AI-designed mini-protein targeting claudin-5 to enhance blood–brain barrier integrity
The authors employ computational protein design to identify a mini-protein with the potential to enhance binding of the tight junction protein, claudin-5, at the blood-blood barrier with therapeutic potential for neurodegenerative diseases.
Read More...A potential enzymatic pathway for polystyrene degradation using saliva of greater wax moth Galleria mellonella
Investigation of the potential of waxworm saliva, the secretion of Galleria mellonella, for plastic degradation.
Read More...The impact of conceptual versus memorization-based teaching methods on student performance
The authors looked at how students performed on standardized tests when they were taught material via memorization vs. conceptual based approaches.
Read More...Strain selective in vitro and in silico structure activity relationship of tetracycline antibiotics
The authors looked at four members of the tetracycline antibiotic family/class against four different species of bacteria.
Read More...The impact of genetic, drug, and procedural factors on cardiac xenograft survival days in non-human primates
Due to a critical shortage of donor hearts, researchers are exploring cardiac xenotransplantation—transplanting animal hearts into humans—as a potential solution. This study synthesized nearly two decades of preclinical research to evaluate multiple factors affecting xenograft survival.
Read More...Analyzing market dynamics and optimizing sales performance with machine learning
This study uses interpretable machine learning models, lasso and ridge regression with Shapley analysis, to identify key sales drivers for Corporación Favorita, Ecuador’s largest grocery chain. The results show that macroeconomic factors, especially labor force size, have the greatest impact on sales, though geographic and seasonal variables like city altitude and holiday proximity also play important roles. These insights can help businesses focus on the most influential market conditions to enhance competitiveness and profitability.
Read More...Gender disparities in tennis media
The authors analyze differences in sports commentary between men's matches and women's matches during the 2023 US Open.
Read More...Paralyzing effects of CO2 and hypothermia on Madagascar hissing and dubia cockroaches
Here the authors sought to find a more ethical and efficient way to temporary paralyze a cockroach by comparing the results of two methods. By comparing immobilization through immersion in cold water and exposure to a 100 % CO2 environment, they found that cockroaches could be immobilized and recovered significantly faster when exposed to CO2.
Read More...Using text embedding models as text classifiers with medical data
This article describes the classification of medical text data using vector databases and text embedding. Various large language models were used to generate this medical data for the classification task.
Read More...