Decoy

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have created a powerful drug that can effectively neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, including the Omicron variant and all other tested variants. The innovative design of the drug allows it to remain effective against future variants, even if the virus undergoes natural selection to maintain its infectiousness.Investigational drug works differently than antibody drugs which are losing effectiveness against the <span class="glossaryLink"…

The coronavirus has been a shifty foe, with new variants and subvariants rapidly evolving to evade vaccines and treatments. Researchers at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are working on an experimental drug that takes one of the virus’ most dangerous traits — its talent for mutation — and turns it back on itself.When the coronavirus binds to a specific type of receptor on the surface of a cell, it drives its spike protein in like a switchblade and initiates an infection. The drug is designed to mimic that receptor,…

The Possible Attribute Space for Decoy Options. Note: The term R represents the range (price) increase, R* is the extreme range (price) increase, F is the frequency (quality) decrease, and RF is the range increase and frequency decrease. Credit: Information Systems Research (2022). DOI: 10.1287/isre.2022.1152 Imagine walking into an ice cream shop and scanning your options. A sugar cone with one scoop is $3. A second scoop comes…

While Ralph Fiennes may have been Jennifer Lopez’s love interest in one of JLo’s best rom-coms Maid in Manhattan, in real life the actor ended up being a decoy for her and Ben Affleck back in the early days of Bennifer. While the actor was out promoting his role in his latest movie The Menu, he revealed that he was caught with JLo by the paparazzi, which ended up acting as a decoy to the public to hide the early days of her and Ben Affleck's relationship.  The Menu actor was asked on Watch What Happens Live with Andy…

Multiple myeloma is a kind of cancer that develops in a type of white blood cell known as a plasma cell.Stanford cancer team uses the custom molecule sBCMA-Fc V3 to inhibit the development of diffuse large B cell lymphoma and multiple myeloma in mice.Researchers at Stanford University have created “decoy receptor” molecules that prevent the development of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and multiple myeloma (MM) in mice.The molecules, which were recently described in a study published in the Journal of Experimental…