The newly appointed head of the US Human Genome Project last week warned of an «urgent need» to prepare for mass screening for genetic diseases. (newscientist.com)
On the scientific agenda are identifying molecular markers for resistance, which would simplify testing; accelerating the development of alternative drugs; and studying the effectiveness of mass screening and treatment to eliminate malaria in the areas where resistance occurs. (sciencemag.org)
With no candidate targets, the team took an objective approach by applying a peptide phage library to MDSCs, which permitted mass screening for candidate peptides — short sequences of amino acids — that bind to the surface of the MDSCs. (sciencedaily.com)