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Parasitic worms cause terrible diseases — could the viruses they carry be to blame?
They looked at two worm species: Brugia malayi, which causes swelling of the limbs, and Onchocerca volvulus, which causes skin diseases and blindness. In both worms, the researchers saw viruses ...
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Small-Molecule FICD Inhibitors Suppress Endogenous and Pathologic FICD-Mediated Protein AMPylation
Article subjects are automatically applied from the ACS Subject Taxonomy and describe the scientific concepts and themes of the article. Purified FICD and BiP protein concentrations were measured ...
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UBR-1 deficiency leads to ivermectin resistance in C. elegans
This important study allows for a better understanding of anthelmintic drug resistance in nematodes. The authors provide a detailed analysis of the role of UBR-1 and its underlying mechanism in ...