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Monday, 3 May 2021, 11:15 am The Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) has been awarded $15 million to lead an international collaboration that aims to translate years of clinical research on the mathematical modelling of human physiology into clinical practice. Funding for the 12 Labours project been awarded through the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE’s) Catalyst Strategic Fund, and is one of the largest research grants that MBIE has awarded the University. The project is named in reference to the 12 labours of Hercules, the tasks Heracles had to complete to be...

Epigenetic endowment of every person has an impact on COVID-19 severity COVID-19, caused by the infection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has changed people's behavioral patterns since the moment it became a global pandemic. To date, more than 136 million people have suffered from this disease, and more than 2.9 of these have lost their lives. The symptoms of the infection are varied, ranging from people with no clinical symptomatology to those who need hospital admission in the intensive care unit with the help from emergency assisted ventilation. At the moment, the factors responsible for this wid...

Manel Esteller, professor of Genetics. Aurora Pujol, IDIBELL researcher. COVID-19, caused by the infection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has changed people’s behavioural patterns since the moment it became a global pandemic. To date, more than 136 million people have suffered from this disease, and more than 2.9 of these have lost their lives. The symptoms of the infection are varied, ranging from people with no clinical symptomatology to those who need hospital admission in the intensive care unit with the help from emergency assisted ventilation. At the moment, the factors responsible for thi...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Differences in the environmental signals utilized as cues to determine alternative diapause between domesticated silkworm and Bombyx mandarina. view more  Credit: Copyright © 2021, Kunihiro Shiomi, Shinshu University Diapause is a phenomenon in which animals and insects foresee changes in the environment and actively reduce metabolism, or halt regular differentiation and development. It is an adaptation strategy for adverse environments such as surviving winters, but also to encourage uniform growth of the generational group. By knocking out genes that allow the silk...