'Smart,' ultrasound-activated immune cells may soon provide long-lasting tumor destruction
Imagine a super-charged immune cell that can launch a focused attack on stubborn solid tumors—a smart fighter that destroys ...
‘I want to be remembered.’ Death row inmate auctions his San Quentin journals, art for $80,000
The collection to be auctioned includes journals and cookbooks that inmate Albert Jones has written from death row. The ...
Live-cell labeling sheds light on how our DNA is packed and behaves in cells
A team led by Professor Kazuhiro Maeshima of the National Institute of Genetics (ROIS) and SOKENDAI in Japan has developed a ...
A starting signal for cell division: Molecular switch ensures that cells divide at the right time
About 100 cells divide every second in our body. A key protein in cell division is a protein kinase termed Plk1, because it activates other proteins involved in this process. Plk1 is also ...
Open Access Government1d
Tracing evolution’s blueprint: Minimal genome life and the engineering of synthetic endosymbiosis
Roksana Riddle and Christopher H. Contag from Michigan State University discuss the concept of endosymbiosis, how it has ...
The Lancet1d
Establishment of a haematopoietic cell transplantation programme for children with sickle cell disease in Tanzania
Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited haemoglobinopathy in Tanzania, with 11 000– 14 000 children born with the ...
Cancer cells 'hacked' to expose themselves to immune attack
When your social media account starts spewing out nonsensical or threatening status updates, it's safe to assume that it has ...
Frontiers2d
Three-Dimensional (3D) Cellular Models: Next-Generation Tools in Neurotoxicology Research
Animals have long been utilized to understand the impact of environmental factors contaminants and chemicals on the brain function. While they remain a ...
'If you do not leave, will hunt you down': US' Kristi Noem threatens to send more immigrants to El Salvador prison
US homeland security Secretary Kristi Noem visited a high-security El Salvador prison housing Venezuelan detainees deported ...