Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
A biomimetic assay platform for the interrogation of antigen-dependent anti-tumor T-cell function
AKA: A method to make T-cells better tumor killers
Discovering a new ACE2 isoform; rallying to understand SARS-CoV-2 infection
COVID-19 forced a suspension to our primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) diagnostic service. Re-purposing nasal epithelial cell RNAseq data and bioresource, three University of Southampton groups joined forces and found a new “short” isoform of ACE2, the cell surface receptor for SARS-CoV-2 virus.
A five-transgene cassette confers broad-spectrum resistance to a fungal rust pathogen in wheat
Engineering durable disease resistance in crop plants