Finding drugs that treat the COVID-19 coronavirus may be just as important as developing a vaccine. But it’s much harder to create effective antivirals than antibiotics.
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Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, identified nine existing drugs that show promise to treat COVID-19. The proteins they target haven’t been tried before.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 is constantly mutating. What do these mutations reveal about this virus’s evolution? And will this knowledge help us to develop a long-lasting vaccine?
It seems as though every other day we’re told a cure has been found for coronavirus. This is not strictly true – but there are some therapeutic options showing promise.
Under pressure to develop a coronavirus vaccine, researchers have turned to protein synthesis, genetics and hybrid viruses. It is likely a mix of these approaches will be used to fight the coronavirus.
A molecular biologist explains who should get tested, how the tests work and what the US government is doing to make tests available during a rapidly changing crisis.
A new technology has enabled neuroscientists to examine the chemistry of individual brain cells. The finding reveal how genes are regulated differently in brain cells of people with autism compared to neurotypical people.
How do brains convert experiences into memories? New research explores the chain of events by focusing on what genes shift into gear when neurons are firing.
Antisense therapy showed promising results in a first-in-human trial for Huntington’s disease.
One big challenge for gene therapies is delivering DNA or RNA safely to cells inside patients’ bodies. New nanoparticles could be an improvement over the current standard – repurposed viruses.
The daunting complexity of biological data requires tailored visualisation tools to reveal buried insights.
Converting a DNA sequence into an audio could help us learn something useful about it, like where mutations occur.
Epigenetics is consistent with the theory of evolution – in fact, Darwin predicted that tiny parcels might somehow provide a flow of information from experience to inheritance.
A new study shows cephalopods edit messages from their DNA, allowing them to adapt faster to their environment.
A cryptic part of DNA helps keep a species’ mutations in check until they become useful.
A new theory could explain why the key molecules of life - DNA and RNA - only come in one of two possible forms.
Understanding how the flu virus copies itself could open a way to killing it.
Humans have a deep history of viral infections, the evidence for which dates back to ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies.
Study suggests that comets and meteorites could have seeded planets beyond our own solar system with life.
microRNA used to be dismissed as “junk DNA”, but it plays an important role regulating the other genes in our genome.
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Associate professor, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RNA Biology and Biochemistry, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
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Senior Faculty Member at the Garvan Institute, Conjoint Professor at UNSW, and Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Jenny Graves is a Friend of The Conversation.
Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago
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Professor of Neuroscience, Royal Veterinary College
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Research Associate in Microbiology, University of Guelph
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