Beating cancer by eating cancer Researchers engineer bacteria capable of consuming tumours from the inside out At first glance, infecting yourself with bacteria to get healthy sounds counterintuitive. How could something that gets us sick make us better? But bacteria, like people, come in many varieties: some are beneficial which we consider symbiotic and someContinue reading "Microscopic healthcare workers: how bacteria are being used to treat cancer"
Unreliable Information May Influence Us More than We Know
Disinformation elicits learning biases Juan Vidal-Perez, Raymond Dolan and Rani Moran In general, people recognize that some information sources are more trustworthy than others. For example, a person may be more likely to trust information from peer-reviewed articles rather than news sites with the only aim to ‘get more clicks’. In a study performed byContinue reading "Unreliable Information May Influence Us More than We Know"
Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork: Bacterial breakdown of Plasticizers
Cross-feeding drives degradation of phthalate ester plasticizers in a bacterial consortium Bertoldi S, Klaes S, Claus S, Marsans A, Heipieper HJ and Eberlein C Pollution affects everyone on Earth, and scientists are working tirelessly to find new ways to deal with this problem. Sometimes, it's cutting-edge technology, alternative materials, or even microorganisms. This paper talksContinue reading "Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork: Bacterial breakdown of Plasticizers"
Microbubbles are making a Macro Impact in Healthcare
Radiation enhancement using focussed ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles for breast cancer: A Phase 1 clinical trial Paper Authors: Daniel Moore-Palhares, Archya Dasgupta, Murtuza Saifuddin, Maria Lourdes Anzola Pena, Shopnil Prasla, Ling Ho, Lin Lu, Joseph Kung, Evan McNabb, Lakshmanan Sannachi, Danny Vesprini, Hanbo Chen, Irene Karam, Hany Soliman, Ewa Szumacher, Edward Chow, Sonal Gandhi, Maureen Trudeau, BelindaContinue reading "Microbubbles are making a Macro Impact in Healthcare"
Silicon, Not Carbon: The Surprising Element That’s Revolutionizing Cancer Drug Design
Bringing Silicon to Drugs: Modular Construction of Sila-Pharmacophores for the Development of Target Protein Degraders Zhigang Wu, Xujiang Zhu, Yueqiu Li, Xia Wang, Meizhen Huang, Zhenyuan Dong, Jiangnan Zheng, Ruijun Tian, Chuan He, and Jie Wang Most cancer drugs work by blocking the activity of harmful proteins, but the proteins themselves remain inside the cell. ThisContinue reading "Silicon, Not Carbon: The Surprising Element That’s Revolutionizing Cancer Drug Design"
New Drug May Nearly Double Survival for Some Patients with Pancreatic Cancer
Daraxonrasib or Chemotherapy in Previously Treated Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Eileen M. O’Reilly, M.D., Zev A. Wainberg, M.D., Andrew E. Hendifar, M.D., Mitesh J. Borad, M.D., Filippo Pietrantonio, M.D., Shubham Pant, M.D., Pascal Hammel, M.D., Chiara Cremolini, M.D., Ph.D., Gulam A. Manji, M.D., Ph.D., Paul E. Oberstein, M.D., Ignacio Garrido-Laguna, M.D., Ph.D., Christoph Springfeld, M.D., Ph.D.,Continue reading "New Drug May Nearly Double Survival for Some Patients with Pancreatic Cancer "
This Brain-Computer Connection Can Translate Imagined Handwriting Into Text
Cortical representation of multidimensional handwriting movement and implications for neuroprostheses Zebin Wang 1,2,3, Guangxiang Xu 1,2,3, Bowen Yu 1,2,3, Kedi Xu 3, Junming Zhu 4, Gang Pan 1,5, Jianmin Zhang 4, Yueming Wang 2,5,✉, Yaoyao Hao 1,2,5,✉ People living with paralysis often lose one of the most fundamental aspects of human experience: the ability to communicate easily with others. Researchers are now developing brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that could help restore communication byContinue reading "This Brain-Computer Connection Can Translate Imagined Handwriting Into Text"
A New Category of Breast Cancer Is Changing Treatment Options
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Previously Treated HER2-Low Advanced Breast CancerShanu Modi, M.D., William Jacot, M.D., Ph.D., Toshinari Yamashita, M.D., Ph.D., Joohyuk Sohn, M.D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2303-2764, Maria Vidal, M.D., Ph.D., Eriko Tokunaga, M.D., Ph.D., Junji Tsurutani, M.D., Ph.D., +31 , for the DESTINY-Breast04 Trial Investigators* For many people, a breast cancer diagnosis is quickly followed by a secondContinue reading "A New Category of Breast Cancer Is Changing Treatment Options"
Replacing Lost Neurons in Parkinson’s Disease: Early Clinical Results of Bemdaneprocel
Phase I trial of hES cell-derived dopaminergic neurons for Parkinson’s disease V. Tabar, H. Sarva, A. M. Lozano, A. Fasano, S. K. Kalia, K. K. H. Yu, C. Brennan, Y. Ma, S. Peng, D. Eidelberg, M. Tomishima, S. Irion, W. Stemple, N. Abid, A. Lampron, L. Studer & C. Henchcliffe For millions of people living withContinue reading "Replacing Lost Neurons in Parkinson’s Disease: Early Clinical Results of Bemdaneprocel"
These Tiny Molecules Are Quietly Keeping You Alive, Meet Porphyrins
Porphyrins are nature’s workhorse. Nat. Chem. 17, 156 (2025). Krzyszowska, P., Pacholska-Dudziak, E. Have you ever wondered what makes your blood red? The answer lies in a family of molecules so vital to life that researchers have nicknamed them nature's workhorse: porphyrins. Porphyrins are ring-shaped molecules, composed of four nitrogen-containing rings called pyrroles connected byContinue reading "These Tiny Molecules Are Quietly Keeping You Alive, Meet Porphyrins"