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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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 byContinueContinue 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 talksContinueContinue reading “Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork: Bacterial breakdown of Plasticizers”
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”
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 byContinueContinue reading “These Tiny Molecules Are Quietly Keeping You Alive, Meet Porphyrins”
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”
AI Is A Tool, Not A Craftsman
Letter From the Editor Is it real or is it cake? We live in a time where machines can imitate human intelligence with increasing precision, making it reasonable to mistake imitation for reality. This rapid advancement has led many to wonder whether human workers are on the verge of being replaced—whether writers, artists, and evenContinueContinue reading “AI Is A Tool, Not A Craftsman”