The RCSB Protein Data Bank has announced that more than 1,000 SARS-CoV-2 proteins are available at no cost. Headquartered at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, the RCSB Protein Data Bank released its first SARS-CoV-2 structure — the coronavirus main protease (PDB 6lu7) — on Feb. 5, 2020. The database has helped drive the development of effective COVID-19 vaccines. It continues to shed…
Are predictive diagnostics the Doppler radar of disease?
What do cupcakes have to do with oncology, and more specifically, predictive diagnostics? Before I explain, I’ll provide some context. I recently came across an image that illustrated the difference between how Doppler radar detects conditions for a Tornado Watch versus a Tornado Warning using cupcakes.1 One side of the graphic shows each of the…