Jerry Carter Articles

A novel algorithm predicts new tumor antigens

On April 7, 2023, Malachi and Obi Griffith's research group at Washington University in St. Louis published a paper in Science Immunology titled: Computational prediction of MHC anchor locations guides...

Causes of obesity, finally discovered?

On April 21, 2023, Professor Jeffrey S. Flier of Harvard Medical School published the opinion piece Moderating "the great debate": the carbohydrate-insulin vs. the energy balance models of obesity, in...

Research published! A novel mouse model of mania

Recently, Prof. Li Baoxingman's team from the School of Law, China Medical University, together with Prof. Xia Maosheng from the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University and Prof. Alexei...

Nano-vesicle targeted delivery of CD47/PD-L1 antibody for lung adenocarcinoma

On May 3, 2023, Professor Zou Chang's team from the First Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology and the Microfluidics-Biomaterials Laboratory of the Department of Biomedical Engineering...

A new efficient protein delivery system may revolutionize gene therapy!

Scientists from MIT and the Broad Institute have leveraged an existing bacterial system to create a novel strategy for protein delivery that is effective in both human and animal cells....

The deubiquitinating enzyme USP2 protein regulates p53 and PD-L1 signaling...

On April 7, 2023, Professor Wei Gu's research team at Columbia University published online in Nature Communications an article entitled "Targeting USP2 regulation of VPRBP-mediated degradation of p53 and PD-L1...

A novel therapeutic target for human triple-negative breast cancer!

Scientists found that MAPK4 is overexpressed in many patients with triple-negative breast cancer by analyzing public genomic databases. They also found that silencing MAPK4 inhibited the growth of human triple-negative...

Macrophage fumarate hydratase shows promise in treating inflammatory diseases

On March 8, 2023, Nature released a new paper titled "Macrophage fumarate hydratase restrains mtRNA-mediated interferon production." Researchers from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and the University of Cambridge in...

mRNA vaccine to protect against lethal bacterial infections launched

Researchers observed that with this unique strategy, all treated animals were protected against infection by the bacteria (Yersinia pestis) in animal models, suggesting that this approach might speed up the...

The serotonin loop regulates feeding and energy balance

On January 19, 2022, Zepeng Yao and Kristin Scott of the University of California, Berkeley, published a paper in Neuron entitled "Serotonergic neurons translate taste detection into internal nutrient regulation".