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 someContinueContinue reading “Microscopic healthcare workers: how bacteria are being used to treat cancer”
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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 talksContinueContinue 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, BelindaContinueContinue reading “Microbubbles are making a Macro Impact in Healthcare”
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.,ContinueContinue 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 byContinueContinue 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 secondContinueContinue 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 withContinueContinue reading “Replacing Lost Neurons in Parkinson’s Disease: Early Clinical Results of Bemdaneprocel”
What If Aging and Vision Loss Could Be Reversed? Rewinding the Cellular Clock
Reprogramming to recover youthful epigenetic information and restore vision Yuancheng Lu, Benedikt Brommer, Xiao Tian, Anitha Krishnan, Margarita Meer, Chen Wang, Daniel L. Vera, Qiurui Zeng, Doudou Yu, Michael S. Bonkowski, Jae-Hyun Yang, Songlin Zhou, Emma M. Hoffmann, Margarete M. Karg, Michael B. Schultz, Alice E. Kane, Noah Davidsohn, Ekaterina Korobkina, Karolina Chwalek, Luis A.ContinueContinue reading “What If Aging and Vision Loss Could Be Reversed? Rewinding the Cellular Clock”
Planning to start tanning? Read this first.
Sunscreens and Photoprotection Sarah Gabros; Preeti Patel; Patrick M. Zito In this digital age with all the sunscreen marketing, it’s fairly easy to be influenced on which sunscreen you should buy. However, in this review, they show indeed that not all sunscreens are made equal. Everyone knows that going without sunscreen might mean sunburns, andContinueContinue reading “Planning to start tanning? Read this first.”
Scientists Create Algorithm that Learns To Identify Patterns in Cells
Cell-DINO: Self-supervised image-based embeddings for cell fluorescent microscopy Théo Moutakanni,Camille Couprie,Seungeun Yi,Michael Doron,Zitong S. Chen,Nikita Moshkov,Elouan Gardes,Mathilde Caron,Hugo Touvron,Armand Joulin,Piotr Bojanowski,Wolfgang M. Pernice,Juan C. Caicedo Microscopy is a powerful way to study what’s happening inside cells, but researchers often collect hundreds or thousands of images. This large volume of data makes it incredibly difficult toContinueContinue reading “Scientists Create Algorithm that Learns To Identify Patterns in Cells”