by Stacey DeLoye, University of Florida An “unbiased” screen for genes involved in opioid tolerance relied upon tiny worms called C. elegans. The worm genetics revealed PTCHD1 plays a key role, altering cholesterol in cell membranes. Credit: Scott Wiseman for UF Scripps Biomedical Research. UF Scripps Biomedical Research scientists have a discovered a key gene that...
CHARITÉ – UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN The treatment of fungal infections is often hampered by fungal pathogens that do not respond, or are tolerant, against anti-fungal drugs. A team of researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Francis Crick Institute have now identified microbial cooperation as one of the causes of this drug tolerance. A collaborative...
