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Don’t let years of research depend on a -80°C freezer 🥶
We all know that sudden wave of anxiety when a laboratory freezer alarm goes off over the weekend. For many labs, groundbreaking discoveries and years of hard work rely entirely on the survival of a few precious vials of hybridomas. Unfortunately, cell lines are not immortal—they can mutate, lose expression levels, become contaminated, or be […]
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Beyond Irreversibility: Restoring the Brain’s Recycling Fleet to Combat Alzheimer’s Disease
While prior studies report NAD+ depletion in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) models and partial attenuation of pathology with NAD+ precursor supplementation...
MédiMabs’ Team • Apr 10 •
When Brain Beavers Build Too Big: Breaking the Glycogen Dam in Tauopathy
In the complex landscape of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), an interesting case of metabolic...
MédiMabs’ Team • Dec 12 •
hnRNP A1: The nuclear DJ fine-tuning antiviral immunity
In the cell’s nuclear control room, RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are the DJs of gene expression. In a new study, Deshaies...
MédiMabs’ Team • Sep 10 •
HIV’s Hidden Roots: Why Curing the Virus is Like Eradicating a Deeply Embedded Plant
Imagine the HIV reservoir in people on successful antiretroviral therapy (ART) not as a single, easily cornered fugitive, but as...
MédiMabs’ Team • Jun 19 •
Dengue & Zika: Energy Theft Exposed
Big news in flavivirus research! A new iScience study, led by Laurent Chatel-Chaix’s team, reveals how dengue (DENV) and Zika...
MédiMabs’ Team • May 07 •
Yeehaw! A New Sheriff’s in Town, and It’s Wrangling Cancer!
Big news from the cancer frontier! Researchers have developed NDV-GT, a genetically modified Newcastle Disease Virus, and it's showing real...
MédiMabs’ Team • Feb 21 •
Recombinant Antibody Services
In a field where precision and specificity are paramount, having high-quality antibodies is essential to achieving reliable results. Medimabs, an...
MédiMabs’ Team • Jan 24 •
Medimabs 2025 Wish List: Health, Science, and Success!
MédiMabs’ Team • Dec 16 •
Cleaning in Your Sleep
Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson and Alzheimer’s diseases, are frequently associated with an accumulation of abnormal proteins inside the brain....
MédiMabs’ Team • Nov 14 • 2 min
Veggies of youth
Epigenetic modifications, defined as temporary changes that happen without nucleotide mutation, are at the center of multiple studies. These modifications...
MédiMabs’ Team • Sep 26 • 4 min
