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CAR-NKT Cells Show Promise in Overcoming Solid Tumor Barriers

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T) has shown significant promise in the treatment of blood malignancies in the fight against cancer.

8 Oct 2024

New Approach Aims to Enhance CRISPR Safety and Precision

CRISPR is a revolutionary tool that allows scientists to precisely modify the genome and gene expression of cells in any organism.

8 Oct 2024

UNC Researchers Unveil CAR-NKT Therapy for Enhanced Antitumor Activity

In the fight against cancer, chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy has achieved notable success in treating blood cancers. However, it has been largely ineffective against solid tumors.

8 Oct 2024

Scientists Uncover Secrets of Circadian Rhythm Control

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the University of California, Santa Cruz, have discovered the secret to regulating our internal clock.

8 Oct 2024

Transforming Microbiome Research with Single-Cell Genome Analysis

The human microbiome plays a critical role in our health, influencing everything from disease development to treatment responses.

8 Oct 2024

How Comamonas Bacteria Transform Plastic Waste into Food

Researchers have long observed that a common family of environmental bacteria, Comamonadacae, grow on plastics littered throughout urban rivers and wastewater systems.

7 Oct 2024

Uncovering Hidden Bacteria in Antibiotic Resistance

Imagine a country with a billion people, where every individual has different interests and different goals. You will never know their interests and goals until you ask them, but asking a billion people is not an easy task.

7 Oct 2024

Human Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Organoid Sheets Close Macular Holes

Researchers reported in the journal Stem Cell Reports that retinal holes in a monkey model were successfully healed by transplanting human stem cells. Following transplantation, retinal tissue was continuously added to the macular holes to seal them.

4 Oct 2024

Harnessing Bioluminescence for Noninvasive Brain Activation

Researchers at the University of Rochester have demonstrated a noninvasive technique called bioluminescent optogenetics, or BL-OG, that uses light to stimulate brain neurons.

4 Oct 2024

Genes2Genes Unlocks New Potential for Detecting Gene Expression Changes

Genes2Genes an accurately infer alignments in simulated and real datasets of single-cell trajectories and capture sequential mismatches and matches in individual genes.

4 Oct 2024

Mapping the Complex Structure and Function of CRISPR-Cas Protein Scissors

CRISPR-Cas systems help to protect bacteria from viruses. Several different types of CRISPR-Cas defense systems are found in bacteria, which differ in their composition and functions.

3 Oct 2024

Scientists Successfully Map the Entire Fruit Fly Brain

A team of scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s The BRAIN Initiative, including Davi Bock, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences at UVM's Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, recently made a substantial advancement in neurobiological research by successfully mapping the entire brain of Drosophila melanogaster, more commonly known as the fruit fly.

3 Oct 2024

New Insights into the Epigenetic Hallmarks of Cancer

Cancer mortality has just surpassed cardiovascular disease for the first time ever and one in two men, and one in three women, will be diagnosed with some form of the disease in the US, according to the NIH.

3 Oct 2024

A New Understanding of Chromatin Regulation and its Implications

Human survival is dependent upon an extraordinarily intricate dance that takes place inside every cell and every nucleus. DNA is continually being wrapped and unwrapped by proteins, and even small mistakes might result in cancer.

3 Oct 2024

Unraveling the Mysteries of Endosymbiotic Relationships

Endosymbiosis refers to a remarkable biological process where one organism resides within another. This unique arrangement is frequently advantageous for both organisms involved.

3 Oct 2024

Tuft Cells: A New Hope for Gut Healing

Immunological cues cause intestinal tuft cells to proliferate and create new cells. Furthermore, tuft cells can withstand severe damage, such as radiation damage, and aid in the regeneration of the epithelium, in contrast to progenitor- and stem cells.

3 Oct 2024

Study Reveals Gene Linked to Cold Resistance in Hibernating Mammals

A gene that limits cellular damage could be the key to surviving prolonged cold exposure.

1 Oct 2024

New Tool START Enables Precision Mapping of Neuronal Connectivity

Scientists at the Salk Institute are unveiling a new brain-mapping neurotechnology called Single Transcriptome Assisted Rabies Tracing (START). The cutting-edge tool combines two advanced technologies-;monosynaptic rabies virus tracing and single-cell transcriptomics-;to map the brain's intricate neuronal connections with unparalleled precision.

1 Oct 2024

Two Alzheimer’s Genetic Risk Factors Trigger Harmful Inflammation in Females

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have found that two genetic variants that confer high risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) together trigger a harmful inflammatory response in the brain's immune cells, particularly in females, in a preclinical model.

1 Oct 2024

Motor And Extracellular Matrix Proteins Play A Critical Role In Cleft Palate Formation

The study reveals 44 differentially expressed proteins in cleft palate models, shedding light on molecular mechanisms and potential prenatal diagnostic markers.

30 Sep 2024