3+ hour, 2+ min ago  (145+ words) Original story from the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics (Freiburg, Germany). Understanding the distinct roles of BET proteins could unlock a more targeted approach to cancer therapy. A new study from the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (673+ words) Original story from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA, USA). Implantable islet cells could control diabetes without insulin injections, surviving in the body for at least 3 months and producing enough insulin to control blood sugar levels. This device, the researchers hope,…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (215+ words) Inspired by snails, a new drug delivery project has received a considerable funding boost. Cancer therapies are becoming increasingly advanced, but off-target, systemic effects still pose serious complications for doctors and patients alike, making the delivery of a critical dose…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (499+ words) Original story from the University of Basel (Switzerland). How does a tiny cluster of cells become an embryo with a head, trunk and tail? And how do thousands of genes coordinate this development? A new imaging method makes it possible…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (109+ words) In this interview, Jasmine shares the techniques she and her lab have developed to investigate the cellular processes underlying disease, some of the limitations of spatial technologies and data analysis tools and the mission of the Global Alliance for Spatial…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (257+ words) Original story from Rice University (TX, USA). A simple way to study a common but overlooked posttranslational modification has been developed, unlocking new insights into how proteins function Pyroglutamate occurs when a chemical reaction makes a ring at an amino…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (415+ words) It's like a paradigm shift approach" to drive discovery: a new machine-learning model predicts how molecules will influence gene expression and has been used to pick out promising drug candidates for two tough-to-treat diseases. Identifying drugs that reverse the expression…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (1017+ words) The far-flung organs of the gastrointestinal tract and the central nervous system are inextricably connected, and the growing body of scientific literature surrounding the "gut-brain axis" is increasingly demonstrating the role of the microbiome in this two-way communication. Impaired gut'brain…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (584+ words) Original story from Stanford Medicine (CA, USA). Immune cells engineered to sense metabolic by-products secreted by cancer cells "follow their noses" to migrate to and infiltrate solid tumors in mice. A technique that transforms immune cells into cancer-seeking bloodhounds may…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (103+ words) A roundup of one of the industry's leading conferences for life sciences discovery and technology. Read the full release >>>" e Book | Cutting-edge techniques to enhance cancer drug discovery SLAS has introduced the 12 companies selected for the Innovation Ave NEW program…...