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Apoptosis is programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.

Chemical compound found in common tropical plant helps kill cancer cells

A scientific instrument at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could help create a noninvasive cancer treatment derived from a common tropical plant.

13 Mar 2023

LDL-mediated nanoparticle drug delivery could potentially circumvent high-grade gliomas

New research has shown that the blood vessels that feed aggressive brain tumors have receptors that could allow a new type of drug-containing nanoparticle to be used to starve the tumors of the energy they use to grow and spread, and also cause other disruptions to their adapted existence, even killing themselves.

8 Mar 2023

Randomness governs the responsiveness of tumor cells to chemotherapy

According to a recent study done by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, cancer cells have an inbuilt unpredictability in their capacity to respond to chemotherapy, which is another tool in their armory for fighting treatment.

6 Mar 2023

Iron-dependent cell death can be used to improve immunotherapies against liver cancer

Iron-dependent cell death (ferroptosis) is a type of programmed cell death by means of which the body kills off diseased, defective or superfluous cells.

20 Feb 2023

Revealing a novel form of ferroptosis that may be implicated in diseases caused by acute injury

This study is led by Dr. Anjian Xu (Beijing Clinical Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University), Dr. Min Cong (Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University) and Dr. Junying Ding (Beijing Key Laboratory of Basic Research with Traditional Chinese Medicine on Infectious Diseases, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University).

20 Feb 2023

Adding antioxidants to cell cultures for efficient production of antibodies

Researchers at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, India, have investigated the effects of oxidative stress on the production of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), and how antioxidants can alleviate this stress to improve their performance.

16 Feb 2023

Innovative cancer therapy options with new cell death mechanism

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have described a previously unrecognized type of cell death called disulfidptosis in a study that was published in Nature Cell Biology.

7 Feb 2023

Effective anticancer strategy for selective killing of cancer cells

A study team headed by Dr Yuanliang Zhai from The University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) School of Biological Sciences and his associates from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Institut Curie in France discovered a new mechanism of the human MCM2-7 complex in controlling replication initiation, which can be employed as a unique and effective anticancer method with the potential for selective death of cancer cells.

11 Jan 2023

SLFN11’s surveillance part in protein homeostasis

On July 25th, 2022, a new study perspective called “SLFN11’s surveillance role in protein homeostasis” was published in Volume 9 of Oncoscience.

8 Aug 2022

Scientists demonstrate a new function of an enzyme that connects to age-related diseases

Aging and age-related diseases present a complex challenge to biomedical researchers.

20 Jul 2022

Zbtb38 removal results in early embryonic death

DNA methylation is a critical epigenetic alteration for mammalian development.

20 Apr 2022

Researchers introduce injectable stem cell assembly, likely to serve as the treatment for cartilage regeneration

Professor Qiuyu Zhang (Northwestern Polytechnical University), Professor Ki-Bum Lee (Rutgers University), and Professor Liang Kong (School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University) directed this research.

18 Apr 2022

Light-induced cellular apoptosis method can kill diseased cells without causing adverse reactions

Cancer has been the leading cause of death in Japan over the past 40 years. Despite the rise in patients due to the aging population, progresses in diagnosis and treatment are leading to higher survival rates.

1 Apr 2022

Study shows that mechanical stress help cancer cells metastasize

A recent study shows that compressing cancer cells through tight spaces makes them more violent and helps them avoid cell death.

9 Mar 2022

Protein appears key to the function and survival of brain cells most impacted by glaucoma

A ubiquitous protein called sigma 1 receptor, which is known to protect cells from stress, appears key to the function and survival of the neurons most impacted by glaucoma, scientists report.

2 Mar 2022

Scientists elucidate mechanism that causes treatment resistance in aggressive pancreatic cancer

Drug resistance is a major obstacle in the treatment of cancers. In an aggressive type of pancreatic cancer, for instance, drug resistance is associated with the suppression of programmed cell death, which results in the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells.

25 Feb 2022

Apoptosis News and Research

Chemical compound found in common tropical plant helps kill cancer cells

LDL-mediated nanoparticle drug delivery could potentially circumvent high-grade gliomas

Randomness governs the responsiveness of tumor cells to chemotherapy

Iron-dependent cell death can be used to improve immunotherapies against liver cancer

Revealing a novel form of ferroptosis that may be implicated in diseases caused by acute injury

Adding antioxidants to cell cultures for efficient production of antibodies

Innovative cancer therapy options with new cell death mechanism

Effective anticancer strategy for selective killing of cancer cells

SLFN11’s surveillance part in protein homeostasis

Scientists demonstrate a new function of an enzyme that connects to age-related diseases

Zbtb38 removal results in early embryonic death

Researchers introduce injectable stem cell assembly, likely to serve as the treatment for cartilage regeneration

Light-induced cellular apoptosis method can kill diseased cells without causing adverse reactions

Study shows that mechanical stress help cancer cells metastasize

Protein appears key to the function and survival of brain cells most impacted by glaucoma

Scientists elucidate mechanism that causes treatment resistance in aggressive pancreatic cancer

Study findings open new avenues for research into host-directed therapies for TB

Experts trigger apoptosis in leukemia cells by disrupting their energy maintenance mechanism

Study reveals how the body controls inflammation during removal of damaged cells

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