Two-pronged device enables maverick immune cells to identify and kill cancers
Immune cells called Gamma Delta T cells can act independently to identify and kill cancer cells, defying the conventional view of the immune system, reveals...
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Artificial intelligence to accelerate malaria research
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Monday, November 12, 2018, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China - Insilico Taiwan, a Taipei-based subsidiary of Insilico Medicine, developing the end-to-end...
Fecal transplant effective against immunotherapy-induced colitis
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - For the first time, transplanting gut bacteria from healthy donors was used to successfully treat patients suffering from...
Less surveillance needed for simple ovarian cysts
Simple ovarian cysts are extremely common in women and do not require additional ultrasound surveillance or surgical removal, according to a new study of more...
Diabetes targeted in new bioengineering research at Clemson University
Credit: Clemson University Clemson University bioengineers are launching a new research project to better understand cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, an affliction that affects...
Mobile technologies may help researchers crack the mysteries of aging
A National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant will allow Penn State's Martin Sliwinski and team to learn more about how small changes in the brain...
A novel strategy to potentially reduce breast cancer bone metastasis
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Uncovering a novel mechanism that promotes growth of breast cancer bone metastasis has revealed a potential Achilles' heel for these...
Ultra-thin transparent silver films for solar cells
Credit: RUB, Marquard A new fabrication process for transparent ultra-thin silver films has been developed by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Wuppertal....
Which outreach method encourages patients overdue for cancer screening to get tested?
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, November 12, 2018 - Phone calls are more effective reminders for patients to book cancer screening appointments than mailed letters...
Patients’ own cells and materials used to create personalized tissue implants of any kind
In a new study, Tel Aviv University researchers reveal how they invented the first fully personalized tissue implant, engineered from a patient's own materials and...
A step closer to ‘design on demand’ scaffolds for tissue regeneration
Credit: Lehigh University The structure of cross-linked polymeric gels is very similar to soft tissue?which is one reason that understanding this material is so critical,...
Cancer stem cells get energy from protein, and it’s proving to be their Achilles’ heel
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Think of energy metabolism like a party popper: Ripping something apart releases a bang. Most of your cells rip...
New strategy discovered toward possible prevention of cancers tied to mono
Researchers from the University of Minnesota, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the University of Toronto have discovered a possible path forward in preventing the...
Synthetic molecule invades double-stranded DNA
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a synthetic molecule that can recognize and bind to double-stranded DNA or RNA under normal...
Obesity both feeds tumors and helps immunotherapy kill cancer
Credit: UC Davis Health A groundbreaking new study by UC Davis researchers has uncovered why obesity both fuels cancer growth and allows blockbuster new immunotherapies...
