News

Stanford engineers have genetically reprogrammed the cellular machinery of yeast to create microscopic factories that convert sugars and amino acids into plant-based drugs.

A team has developed novel imaging contrast agents using common dyes such as tattoo ink. When these dyes are attached to nanoparticles, they can illuminate cancers, allowing scientists to better differentiate between cancer cells and healthy cells.

The combination of a biomolecule and a metal complex can target, bind, mark and damage cancer cells. A research team has manufactured such a theranostic agent that visualizes tumor cells by irradiation with visible light, and have demonstrated its effectiveness using lung cancer cells.

A new body of work by scientists at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The University of Western Australia demonstrates that honeybee venom induces cancer cell death in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and HER-2 enriched breast cancer cells.

Studying preclinical and patient samples of small cell lung cancer (SCLC), a team of researchers has discovered that natural killer (NK) cells are essential for slowing the aggressive spread of cancer.

Researchers have added to evidence that a gene responsible for turning off a cell’s natural “suicide” signals may also be the culprit in making breast cancer and melanoma cells resistant to some immunotherapies.

In a new study published in Nature Communications, Vincent Martin outlines a method to synthesize complex bioactive molecules much more quickly and efficiently.

Fans of sake, the traditional Japanese alcoholic beverage, may have even more reason to enjoy it now: Japanese scientists have discovered that a mutant strain of sake yeast produces high levels of the amino acid ornithine.

Studies in mice have offered a proof of concept that “HUMBLE” cells, created from human white fat, can treat metabolic diseases.

A new study has explored safety and early outcomes in a large cohort of SMA patients under the age of two years who were treated with gene therapy.