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Research Paves Way for Off-the-Shelf CAR T Cells for Cancer Treatment

CAR T cell therapy is one of the most promising new cancer treatments to emerge in recent years. It involves removing a patient's own immune T cells and engineering them to recognize specific targets on the surface of the cancer cell.

31 Jan 2025

Studies Reveal Early Resistance to Newly Developed Antibiotics

Researchers from the HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged (Hungary), have made a concerning discovery about the future of antibiotics. Two recent studies, published just days apart in Nature Microbiology and Science Translational Medicine found that resistance can develop against new antibiotics even before they are widely used, compromising their effectiveness from the start.

31 Jan 2025

New Microfluidic Device can Detect SARS-Cov-2 with Revolutionary Sensitivity

VirusHB-Chip offers groundbreaking sensitivity in detecting SARS-CoV-2 in plasma, saliva, and stool, transforming COVID-19 diagnostics and treatment strategies.

30 Jan 2025

New Consensus Paper Advances Nomenclature for Mitochondria Transfer and Transplantation

Most animal, plant and fungal cells contain organelles called mitochondria. These descendants of a primordial bacterial endosymbiont still preserve distinct genes and are known for their ability to create ATP as chemical energy.

28 Jan 2025

Long-Read Sequencing Brings New Hope for Rare Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

One in every 10 people worldwide is impacted by a rare genetic disease but about 50% of them remain undiagnosed despite rapid increases in genetic technology and testing.

27 Jan 2025

Digoxin Weakens Cancer’s Spread by Targeting Cell Clusters

Some tumor types spread throughout the body and develop metastases instead of staying at their original location.

27 Jan 2025

Scientists Uncover an Immune System Power Play Behind Bee Venom Allergy

Monash University scientists have identified an immune system power play behind serious bee venom allergy, which lands twice as many Australians in hospital emergency departments each year as snake or spider bites.

25 Jan 2025

New Insights into the Biological Basis of Bipolar Disorder

According to research published in Nature on January 22nd, 2025, an international team of psychiatric genetics researchers has discovered 298 regions of the genome with DNA variations that increase the risk for bipolar disorder, more than four times the number previously found.

24 Jan 2025

AI Model 'MUSK' Advances Cancer Diagnosis with Multimodal Data Integration

MUSK, a vision-language model, enhances cancer diagnosis by integrating multimodal data, outperforming existing methods in prognosis and treatment predictions.

23 Jan 2025

OGT Delivers Superior MRD Detection Capabilities with New SureSeq Myeloid MRD Panel

Today, OGT announces the North American launch of its new next-generation sequencing (NGS) SureSeq™ Myeloid MRD Panel, which provides a flexible NGS workflow for the detection of ultra-low frequency measurable residual disease (MRD)-associated biomarkers in acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

23 Jan 2025

Microbiome Signatures Can Predict Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Using medical data from more than 1,200 people, specific microbiome signatures have been identified that allow precise prediction of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).

22 Jan 2025

Immune System Insights Could Lead to Tailored Treatments for Childhood Cancer

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital in Sweden have determined how children's immune systems react to different kinds of cancer depending on their age.

21 Jan 2025

Unveiling the Interplay of DNA and RNA Epigenetics

The genes contain all the instructions the human body needs to function, but their expression must be carefully regulated to guarantee that each cell performs its function as best it can.

20 Jan 2025

Study Unveils Surprising Cause of Brain Cell Death in Huntington's Disease

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause Huntington's disease leads to the death of brain cells.

17 Jan 2025

New Approach Aims to Make CRISPR Therapy Safer and More Effective

CRISPR is a powerful gene-editing tool that holds enormous potential for treating genetic diseases by allowing scientists to cut, replace, or delete mutations in DNA.

16 Jan 2025

Researchers Develop Method to Visualize Nanocarriers at Single-Cell Level

How can we ensure that life-saving drugs or genetic therapies reach their intended target cells without causing harmful side effects? Researchers at Helmholtz Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) and Technical University Munich (TUM) have taken an important step to answer this question.

16 Jan 2025

Study Reveals Key Ion Channel in Extracellular Vesicles for Cargo Transport

Scientists have revealed the secret to the structural integrity of tiny particles that transport cargo from cell to cell through blood vessels and bodily fluids: special proteins that keep their membranes intact as they negotiate shifting electrical impulses in different biological environments.

16 Jan 2025

Long Reads Show Promise for Diagnosing Rare Genetic Disorders

The cause of rare diseases is increasingly being detected through genome sequencing, which involves reading the entire human DNA by first breaking it into small pieces-short reads.

16 Jan 2025

Breakthrough in Understanding Semliki Forest Virus Neuro-Invasion

In a recent study, researchers from Uppsala University show that the Semliki Forest virus enters the central nervous system by first entering the cerebrospinal fluid and then binding to a specific cell type before penetrating deeper into the brain.

16 Jan 2025

Terumo BCT and FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific Partner to Optimize T Cell Expansion Process

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (Terumo BCT), and FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific have announced a strategic collaboration to help accelerate T cell expansion using Fujifilm's PRIME-XV® T Cell Expansion Media on Terumo BCT’s Quantum Flex™ Cell Expansion System. By using systems that work together, this collaboration offers an optimized workflow solution with a ready-to-use process, aimed at reducing the barriers in scaling T cell expansion.

15 Jan 2025