Novel treatment strategy aims to overstimulate and exhaust cancer cells
Many new drugs inhibit the processes that cancer cells need to divide rapidly. So as to inhibit the cancer as a whole. But cancer cells have all sorts of workarounds to get around that...
Split Decision: Synthego Spins Out EditCo Bio Around Engineered Cell Platform
For many people interested in genome engineering, the era “before CRISPR” has faded into the deepest recesses of the mind, like a lost period of antiquity, even though it only entered the biotech toolbox...
Viral host jumps: Humans to animals transmission more common than previously thought
In a recent study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, researchers harnessed publicly available viral genomic data, using a comprehensive suite of network and phylogenetic analyses to investigate the evolutionary mechanisms underpinning recent viral...
Study identifies brain energy metabolism dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders
A global collaborative research group comprising 131 researchers from 105 laboratories across seven countries announces a groundbreaking research paper submitted to eLife. Titled "Large-scale Animal Model Study Uncovers Altered Brain pH and Lactate Levels...
Allergic Asthma Could Be Calmed by Flipping Immune Cell Switch
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California have discovered that a protein called Piezo1 prevents type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) in the lung from becoming hyperactivated by...
VUB researchers show xCT protein is key link in inhibiting pancreatic cancer growth and...
The xCT protein, which plays an important role as a transport molecule in the cell, could play a part in cancer treatment in the future, researchers at VUB have discovered. Their work is the...
Discovery of a rare bee species links the French Alps to remote regions in...
A team of European researchers have discovered a new species of osmiine bee with an unusual geographic distribution.
Credit: Aubert et al.
A team of European researchers have discovered a new species of osmiine bee with...
Study evaluates the use of tirzepatide in overweight/obese adults with type 1 diabetes
A new study in the peer-reviewed journal Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics (DTT) evaluated the use of tirzepatide in overweight/obese adults with type 1 diabetes. Tirzepatide is approved for managing type 2 diabetes. It improves glucose...
Boosting mRNA activity and longevity with multi-tailed structures
Messenger RNA (mRNA) made its big leap into the public limelight during the pandemic, thanks to its cornerstone role in several COVID-19 vaccines. But mRNAs, which are genetic sequences that instruct the body to...
Low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer patients in the U. S. experience lower rates of mortality
A new study has shown that overall and cause-specific mortality rates in individuals in the U.S. with low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) are low. The study is published in the peer-reviewed journal Thyroid®, the official journal of...
