Drug makes tumors more susceptible to chemo
Compound that knocks out a DNA repair pathway enhances cisplatin treatment and helps prevent drug-resistance CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Many chemotherapy drugs kill cancer cells by...
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Scientists propose a fresh look at the role of ferroptosis in the development of cancer
Ferroptotic cancer cells can stimulate the immune system and activate anticancer immunity and improve the effectiveness of anticancer therapyCredit: Nature Reviews Cancer Professor of Ghent...
Insilico Medicine unveils top 3 winners of MolHack 2019
The total number of 65 participants demonstrated their phenomenal solutions in front of an esteemed panel of judges, with only 3 top winners selectedCredit: Insilico...
Toward a low-cost industrialization of lithium-ion capacitors
Combining two additives instead of one to facilitate the incorporation of lithium within capacitors: that is the solution proposed by researchers from l'Institut des matériaux...
Atrial fibrillation set to affect more than 14 million over-65s in the EU by 2060
Sophia Antipolis, 6 June 2019: Urgent action is needed to prevent, detect and treat atrial fibrillation to stop a substantial rise in disabling strokes. That's...
Organic electronics: a new semiconductor in the carbon-nitride family
Credit: C. Merschjann/HZB Some organic materials might be able to be utilised similarly to silicon semiconductors in optoelectronics. Whether in solar cells, light-emitting diodes, or...
Three-drug combination helps curb the growth of deadly type of skin cancer
Combining an immunotherapy drug with two target therapies helps extend the lives of people with advanced melanoma Los Angeles - A UCLA-led research team has...
Radon inferior to radium for electric dipole moments (EDM) searches
Credit: University of Liverpool An international research team led by the University of Liverpool has made a discovery that will help with the search for...
Researchers develop fast, efficient way to build amino acid chains
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists often build new protein molecules by stringing groups of amino acids together. These amino acid...
How flow shapes bacterial biofilms
EPFL biophysicists have taken a systematic look into how bacterial biofilms are affected by fluid flowCredit: © Philippe Barraud Although we tend to think of...
Name an exoplanet
IAU100 NameExoWorlds gives every country in the world the opportunity to name an exoplanet and its host starCredit: IAU/L. Calçada In recent years, astronomers have...
Jam-packed: A novel microscopic approach to amorphous solids
Tokyo, Japan - A team led by The University of Tokyo developed a new method for understanding the structure organization of disordered collections of soft...
Dynamics of key viral attack strategy visible for first time
Visualizing and quantifying frameshifting mechanisms in living cellsCredit: Keith Rein/Salt & Paper House Many infectious viruses, from HIV to West Nile, rely on a fundamental...
Manipulating nanoscale light in nanocavity of scanning tunneling microscope junctions
Step forward toward achieving nanoscale imaging and spectroscopy with tailored 'nanolight'(a) SEM images of a gold FIB-tip. A single groove is made at a distance...
Alzheimer’s disease protein links plaques to cell death in mice
Credit: RIKEN A new protein involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been identified by researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS). CAPON may...
