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Blood-camouflaged liquid metal nanoparticles combat aggressive breast cancer
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has earned its reputation as one of oncology’s most formidable challenges because it removes the molecular...
GPR52’s Role in Breast Cancer Cell Organization and Collective Invasion
Breast cancer cells do not always spread as solitary invaders. In many of the most difficult-to-treat tumors, they move through...
Hertz Foundation Entrepreneurship Award Backs Open-Access Human Cell Surface Map
A New Open-Access Atlas Could Solve One of Drug Development’s Biggest Delivery Problems For a promising medicine, identifying the right...
Scientists discover molecule fueling one of breast cancer’s deadliest forms
Australian researchers have identified a molecular vulnerability that could help explain why triple-negative breast cancer so readily spreads through the...
Experts urge free, standard automatic crash alerts in every new vehicle
Automatic Crash Alerts Could Become the Next Essential Vehicle Safety Feature A technology that can summon emergency help before a...
Drug combination shows promise against advanced prostate cancer
A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan has identified a potential two-drug strategy for treating an aggressive...
Bringing Optical Fibre Materials to Photonic Chips
Optical fibres have carried the world’s internet traffic across oceans and continents because they can guide light for astonishing distances...
UCLA study: Concrete’s carbon absorption barely offsets cement production emissions
Concrete may absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but the process is far too slow and limited to counteract the...
Study reveals how NF1 loss enables ER-positive breast cancer bone metastasis
A Baylor College of Medicine-led research team has identified a molecular route by which estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer cells...
Nanoscience and Liquid Crystals Unite in Functional Hybrids With Transformative Applications
Liquid crystals are best known as the active materials inside televisions, smartphones, and computer monitors. Yet their scientific potential extends...
How New Complex Conditions Influence Medicare Advantage Enrollment Decisions
A new complex medical diagnosis may do more than reshape a patient’s treatment plan. It may also influence which health...
Delayed antiviral response in alveolar type 2 cells heightens influenza susceptibility
Influenza A virus (IAV) may target the lung’s most vulnerable cells not because they allow the virus to enter more...
Dryland dumpsites could be overlooked hotspots of microplastic pollution
Dryland dumpsites may be doing far more than storing discarded plastic. A new review suggests that the intense sunlight, dramatic...
UC Study Finds Too Few Eligible Americans Discuss Lung Cancer Screening
Lung cancer screening can detect tumors before symptoms appear, when treatment is more likely to succeed, yet a national analysis...
Designing Better Biomedical Hydrogels Through Molecular Building Blocks and Hierarchical Structures
A new review suggests that the next generation of biomedical hydrogels could be designed less like uniform gels and more...
Study finds mergers reduce company costs without lowering consumer prices
A corporate merger can make medicines cheaper to produce without making them cheaper to buy. New research examining the 2019...
Genetic evidence links sleep disruption to hemorrhoidal disease, revealing a hidden connection
Perianal diseases, including hemorrhoids, anal fissures, and anal fistulas, affect millions of people and are often attributed to constipation, straining,...
UVA Faculty Join Inaugural ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Academy
Three University of Virginia computer science professors have been selected among the inaugural 80 members of the Software Engineering Academy,...
Oral Therapy Shields Healthy Mouse Tissue From Radiation Damage
A single oral dose of an experimental therapy protected mice from otherwise lethal whole-body radiation while leaving radiation’s ability to...
University of Oklahoma Researchers Chosen for Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission
The University of Oklahoma has emerged as a major participant in the U.S. Department of Energy’s ambitious Genesis Mission, a...