Cell Culture – News and Features

John Puglia outlines and compares the capabilities offered by single-use technologies and stainless steel systems, with a focus on the flexibility of implementing SUTs.

In this article, we highlight various high-throughput screening strategies being used to interrogate large libraries of compounds and hear from researchers working to further streamline specific approaches to increase speed and improve quality and accuracy.

Queensland researchers have become the first in Australia to use human stem cells to generate fully functioning skin tissue in a laboratory, a significant step towards better treatments for severe burns and wounds.

UC San Francisco researchers have designed a candidate drug that could help make pancreatic cancer, which is almost always fatal, a treatable, perhaps even curable, condition.

There are concerns about the possibility of brain organoids developing consciousness. Researchers have sought to shed light on the intricate ethical landscape of brain organoid research and have proposed three methods for obtaining consent from donors.

Some types of cancer are still extremely challenging to successfully treat. Once the disease has spread, it is very hard to cure. This article will explore the various types of tumor heterogeneity, how heterogeneity can impact treatment resistance and its influence on precision medicine.

In high-risk groups, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) can trigger aggressive cancers. Research has shown how KSHV drives cell metabolism and proliferation. Inhibiting this process can block lymphoma progression and shrink existing tumors in preclinical models.

Touch is a fundamental, yet scarcely understood, sense. Now, researchers have discovered a second ion channel associated with touch perception. Elkin1 could be a target for pain therapy.

In this article, we explore the evolution of drug repurposing from a serendipitous occurrence to a more formalized endeavor involving advanced computational approaches and bioengineered test beds, considering its advantages, challenges and successes.

New research points to a streamlined approach to drug discovery that allows drug makers to determine the viability of a fragment-based design earlier in the process.