ASGCT announces plan to educate the public on gene editing
MILWAUKEE, WI --- On Nov. 21, 2016, the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) released Therapeutic Gene Editing: an ASGCT White Paper, intended...
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Trifluridine/tipiracil in colorectal cancer: Added benefit only for some patients
The fixed combination of trifluridine/tipiracil (trade name: Lonsurf) has been approved since April 2016 for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. The drugs are an...
Pembrolizumab in lung cancer: Indication of considerable added benefit
Pembrolizumab (trade name: Keytruda) was initially introduced for the treatment of melanoma. Since July 2016, the monoclonal antibody has also been available for the treatment...
Cancer cells ‘talk’ to their environment, and it talks back
Credit: Matthew Hall/Provided Interactions between an animal cell and its environment, a fibrous network called the extracellular matrix, play a critical role in cell function,...
Butterfly mother’s food choice for offspring changes with experience
Credit: Thomas Marler Plants communicate with animals using a blend of signals that influence animal behavior. The balance of plant attractants and deterrents partly determine...
Turning back the aging clock
Researchers from Caltech and UCLA have developed a new approach to removing cellular damage that accumulates with age. The technique can potentially help slow or...
Deep sea coral in North Atlantic faces threat from climate change
Credit: UK Ocean Acidification programme North Atlantic coral populations - key to supporting a variety of sea life - are under threat from climate change,...
New ‘electron gun’ could help enable X-ray movies
Ultrashort bursts of electrons have several important applications in scientific imaging, but producing them has typically required a costly, power-hungry apparatus about the size of...
New open access journal Rethinking Ecology publishes novel ideas under Pensoft’s imprint
Credit: Rethinking Ecology and Pensoft Needless to say, it is through sharing new ideas and hypotheses that critical issues such as climate change and biodiversity...
NFL doctors should be loyal to players, not teams
As concerns for the health of current and former players in the National Football League have been mounting, a new report explores the importance of...
Do stress and strain lead to deviant behavior?
Chances are good that youngsters growing up around family members who gamble will also start doing so to release the strains of daily living. This...
Know your flow
Credit: Simon Haward Liquids are an important part of our everyday lives. Fluids such as water are Newtonian, and their viscous behavior is well understood....
Mystery of how plants produce oxygen soon solved
Credit: Johannes Messinger, Umeå University With the help of experimental studies on molecular level, researchers are acquiring increased knowledge on how plants form oxygen from...
Single photon converter — a key component of quantum internet
Credit: Source: FUW, Grzegorz Krzyzewski A Polish-British team of physicists has constructed and tested a compact, efficient converter capable of modifying the quantum properties of...
Compounds emitted by phytopathogen microbes encourage plant growth
Credit: CSIC A wide range of microorganisms, including fungi and phytopathogenic bacteria, are capable of emitting volatile compounds which boost plant growth and flowering, and...
