Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center figured out that children have lower levels of a receptor protein that SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes Covid-19 – needs to invade the lungs. “Our study provides a biologic rationale for why particularly infants and very young children seem to be less likely …
Read More »Scientists decode DNA of all life on Earth
The project will cost several billion dollars. The first step specialists will be the sequencing (determining the sequence of nucleotides of DNA) of the genomes of all currently existing eukaryotes. This group of organisms includes both single-celled (protists) and multicellular organisms (fungi, plants, animals). According to preliminary estimates, the project …
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