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New synthetic system can guide electron transfer over long distances

Electrons are tough to pin down in biology. Learning how to harness electrons is no fool's errand because, when electrons move, they are the electricity that powers life.

21 Jan 2020

Fat cells can sense light, not getting enough raises risk of metabolic diseases

All life forms need sunlight to survive and not getting enough may impact health and well-being. There is a growing body of evidence that getting enough sunlight can promote optimum health. A new study supports this claim as scientists found that fat cells deep in the skin can detect sunlight and not getting enough can increase the risk of metabolic disruption.

21 Jan 2020

Scientists develop capsule shell composition for enzyme needed to treat phenylketonuria

IKBFU scientists developed the composition of the capsule shell for the enzyme needed in the treatment of a hereditary disease called "phenylketonuria".

21 Jan 2020

Powerful combination of experimental drugs reverses osteoarthritis in rats

People with osteoarthritis, or "wear and tear" arthritis, have limited treatment options: pain relievers or joint replacement surgery.

21 Jan 2020

Discovery of potent immune cell that can destroy multiple types of cancer

The immune system is the body’s defense against harmful pathogens that may enter the body. Immune cells, such as white blood cells and macrophages work hand in hand to fight off disease-causing microorganisms, including cancer.

21 Jan 2020

Drug profiling and gene editing method open new avenues in the development of CAR T-cell therapy

Researchers have discovered ways to boost CAR T-cell therapy.

21 Jan 2020

Patient-specific tumor organoids may one day be used to personalize cancer treatment

A patient-specific tumor organoid platform developed by Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine researchers and their cancer center colleagues could someday take the guessing game out of immunotherapy treatments.

21 Jan 2020

Magnetic nanomaterials may become the basis for new approach to treating liver fibrosis

A team of scientists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University together with their colleagues from NUST MISiS and RWTH Aachen University (Germany) compared different treatments against liver fibrosis and published the results of their study in the Cells journal.

21 Jan 2020

Biophysicists shed light on the structure, functioning mechanism of CysLT receptors

Biophysicists from the MIPT Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases have teamed up with colleagues from Canada, the U.S., Japan, France, and Germany to shed light on the structure and functioning mechanism of the CysLT receptors, which regulate inflammatory responses associated with allergic disorders.

21 Jan 2020

Study helps explain how human social structures emerge

What rules shaped humanity's original social networks? Researchers in Japan developed new mathematical models to understand what conditions produced traditional community structures and conventions around the world, including taboos about incest.

21 Jan 2020

Discovery of new killer T-cell offers hope of a 'one-size-fits-all' cancer therapy

Researchers at Cardiff University have discovered a new type of killer T-cell that offers hope of a "one-size-fits-all" cancer therapy.

21 Jan 2020

Study finds new strategies for developing cancer drug

After years of research on cell surface receptors called Frizzleds, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden provide the proof-of-principle that these receptors are druggable by small molecules. The results, which are published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, open for new strategies to treat different types of cancer.

21 Jan 2020

Discovery of metabolic system could lead to new strategies for cancer treatment

Australian researchers have uncovered a metabolic system which could lead to new strategies for therapeutic cancer treatment.

21 Jan 2020

NAU scientists study zebrafish to find powerful melanoma-fighting drugs

Melanoma is the most lethal type of skin cancer and unusually common in Arizona, where residents are exposed to higher-than-average amounts of ultraviolet radiation. However, Northern Arizona University scientists believe the formula for a combination of melanoma-fighting drugs is within reach.

21 Jan 2020

New technology systematically identifies drug targets in living animals

Developing new medicines and understanding how they target specific organs often gives a crucial advantage in the fight against human diseases.

21 Jan 2020

UCR receives $2.2 million grant to target critical oncogenes of B-cell lymphoma 2

One way to tackle cancer, the second-leading cause of death in the United States, is to target oncogenes -- genes that have the potential to cause cancer.

17 Jan 2020

Researchers find no improvement in ICU death rate at minority-serving hospitals

Racial disparities have previously been identified across a range of health care environments, sometimes extending into the highest levels of care. A new study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center reveals that while critical care outcomes in intensive care units (ICUs) steadily improved over a decade at hospitals with few minority patients, ICUs with a more diverse patient population did not progress comparably.

17 Jan 2020

Editor's Pick: Life Science Interviews from 2019

In this article, our editors look back at their favorite life science interviews from 2019.

17 Jan 2020

First randomized clinical trial compares targeted therapies for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Researchers from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Chinese Children's Cancer Group led the first randomized, Phase III clinical trial comparing targeted therapies for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) driven by the Philadelphia chromosome.

17 Jan 2020

Genetically engineered mosquitoes halt Dengue spread

A new study published in the journal PLOS Pathogens in January 2020 reports the development of mosquitoes that have been genetically modified to resist infection by several types of the dengue virus. This is the first time ever that all types of the virus have been targeted by the engineering of the mosquito DNA. Covering all virus types is essential to achieve proper disease control.

16 Jan 2020

Laboratory News and Research

New synthetic system can guide electron transfer over long distances

Fat cells can sense light, not getting enough raises risk of metabolic diseases

Scientists develop capsule shell composition for enzyme needed to treat phenylketonuria

Powerful combination of experimental drugs reverses osteoarthritis in rats

Discovery of potent immune cell that can destroy multiple types of cancer

Drug profiling and gene editing method open new avenues in the development of CAR T-cell therapy

Patient-specific tumor organoids may one day be used to personalize cancer treatment

Magnetic nanomaterials may become the basis for new approach to treating liver fibrosis

Biophysicists shed light on the structure, functioning mechanism of CysLT receptors

Study helps explain how human social structures emerge

Discovery of new killer T-cell offers hope of a 'one-size-fits-all' cancer therapy

Study finds new strategies for developing cancer drug

Discovery of metabolic system could lead to new strategies for cancer treatment

NAU scientists study zebrafish to find powerful melanoma-fighting drugs

New technology systematically identifies drug targets in living animals

UCR receives $2.2 million grant to target critical oncogenes of B-cell lymphoma 2

Researchers find no improvement in ICU death rate at minority-serving hospitals

Editor's Pick: Life Science Interviews from 2019

First randomized clinical trial compares targeted therapies for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Genetically engineered mosquitoes halt Dengue spread

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