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April 12, 2026

Super-photostable fluorescent labeling agent for super-resolution microscopy

Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University Chemists at ITbM, Nagoya University have developed a super-photostable fluorescent dye, PhoxBright 430 (PB430), to visualize...

Poisonings went hand in hand with the drinking water in Pompeii

Credit: SDU The ancient Romans were famous for their advanced water supply. But the drinking water in the pipelines was...

Algal blooms cost Ohio homeowners $152 million over six years

Credit: Photo by Brenda Culler, Ohio Department of Natural Resources. COLUMBUS, Ohio--In a new study, researchers at The Ohio State...

Collagen in cartilage tissues behaves like liquid crystals in a smart phone screen

Cartilage in our joints contains collagen which behaves a bit like the liquid crystals on a smart phone screen, according...

Are stem cells the link between bacteria and cancer?

Credit: MPI for Infection Biology Gastric carcinoma is one of the most common causes of cancer-related deaths, primarily because most...

Antibiotics found to weaken body’s ability to fight off disease

Credit: Sanjay Suchak, University Communications Adding another reason for doctors to avoid the overuse of antibiotics, new research shows that...

New strategy to treat aggressive lung cancer

Dignity Health St. Joseph's Researchers Discover a Novel Therapeutic Strategy to Treat a Particularly Aggressive Subgroup of Lung Cancer PHOENIX...

Impaired DNA replication can cause epigenetic changes inherited for several generations

Credit: Adam Klosin, CRG Cell division is key for renewing the cells in our tissues and organs. There are two...

Noninvasive detection for early stage cancers from circulating DNA

A new DNA sequencing-based method could help noninvasively detect early stage cancers by analyzing fragments of genetic material circulating in...

Scientists develop blood test that spots tumor-derived DNA in people with early-stage cancers

Credit: Reprinted with permission from Victor Velculescu et al., Science Translational Medicine 2017 In a bid to detect cancers early...

Popular immunotherapy target turns out to have a surprising buddy

Credit: The Netherlands Cancer Institute The majority of current cancer immunotherapies focus on PD-L1. This well studied protein turns out...

Toxic formaldehyde is produced inside our own cells, scientists discover

New research has revealed that some of the toxin formaldehyde in our bodies does not come from our environment -...

Cell cycle-blocking drugs can shrink tumors by enlisting immune system in attack on cancer

BOSTON -- In the brief time that drugs known as CDK4/6 inhibitors have been approved for the treatment of metastatic...

Specialists make breakthrough in the treatment of anal cancer

Specialists at The Christie and The University of Manchester have made a breakthrough which could potentially improve detection and treatment...

Blood biopsy reveals unique, targetable genetic alterations in patients with rare cancer

Credit: UC San Diego Health Using fragments of circulating tumor DNA in blood, University of California San Diego School of...

Insilico establishes collaboration with GSK to discover novel biological targets and molecules

Credit: Insilico Medicine,Inc. Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, Baltimore, Md. - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company at the forefront of artificial...

Researchers map brain tumor cells’ adaptation to oxygen deprivation

Credit: Louise Cornmark The most aggressive variant of brain tumour - glioblastoma - has an average survival rate of 15...

Researchers identify oestrogen receptor stem cells in the in the mammary gland

One of the key questions in stem cell and cancer biology is to understand the cellular hierarchy governing tissue development...

For post-menopausal women, vaginal estrogens do not raise risk of cancer, other diseases

Credit: Women's Health Initiative FINDINGS Women who have gone through menopause and who have been using a vaginal form of...

Turning pollen into a low-cost fertilizer