The emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern Omicron (Pango lineage B.1.1.529),
first identified in Botswana and South Africa, may compromise vaccine effectiveness and …

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron, first identified in Botswana and South Africa, may
compromise vaccine effectiveness and the ability of antibodies triggered by previous …

Directed evolution of proteins depends on the production of molecular diversity by random
mutagenesis. While a number of methods have been developed for introducing this diversity, …

Various studies have presented clinical or in vitro evidence linking bacteria to colorectal cancer,
but these bacteria have not previously been concurrently quantified by qPCR in a single …

Many transcription factors and some other proteins contain glutamine repeats; their abnormal
expansion has been linked to several dominantly inherited neuro-degenerative diseases. …

Background: The functional interplay between tumor cells and their adjacent stroma has
been suggested to play crucial roles in the initiation and progression of tumors and the …

Background Women with a cervicovaginal microbiota dominated by Lactobacillus spp. are
at reduced risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections including HIV, but the biological …

In biological systems, enzymes catalyse the efficient synthesis of complex molecules under
benign conditions, but widespread industrial use of these biocatalysts depends crucially on …

Introduction: High-content protein microarrays in principle enable the functional interrogation
of the human proteome in a broad range of applications, including biomarker discovery, …

Urinary creatinine concentration is a critical physiological parameter that enables reliable
assessment of patient renal function and diagnosis of a broad spectrum of diseases. In this …