A team of researchers at the University of Mississippi has discovered that coating cancer treatment carrying nanoparticles in a sugar-like material increases their treatment efficacy. They reported their findings in Advanced Healthcare Materials. Over a tenth of breast cancer diagnoses are for triple-negative breast cancer. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) gets its name because it lacks three common targets: [...]

In a study published in OncoImmunology, researchers from the German Cancer Research Center and Heidelberg University have created a therapeutic vaccine that mobilizes the immune system to target cancer cells. The researchers demonstrated that virus peptides combined with silica nanoparticles can trigger efficient T-cell responses against HPV-related malignancies. When tested in a mouse model, the nanoparticles significantly suppressed tumor [...]

Lipids are difficult to detect with light microscopy. Using a new chemical labeling strategy, a Dresden-based team led by André Nadler at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) and Alf Honigmann at the Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC) of TU Dresden has overcome this limitation, enabling new insights into lipids. The [...]

Scientists have confirmed that the Justinian Plague, the world’s first recorded pandemic, was caused by Yersinia pestis, the same bacterium behind the Black Death. Dating back some 1,500 years and long described in historical texts but never fully understood, the pandemic devastated the eastern Mediterranean during the Byzantine Empire, and its pathogen had until now remained [...]

Opaque AI systems risk undermining human rights and dignity. Global cooperation is needed to ensure protection. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has changed how people interact, but it also poses a global risk to human dignity, according to new research from Charles Darwin University (CDU). Lead author Dr. Maria Randazzo, from CDU’s School of Law, [...]

First introduced in 2004, nanomotors have steadily advanced from a scientific curiosity to a practical technology with wide-ranging applications. This article explores the key developments, recent innovations, and major uses of nanomotors today. A Brief Overview of Nanomotors Nanomotors are nanoscale devices that can efficiently convert different forms of energy into mechanical movement, allowing [...]

Researchers found PFAS in 95% of tested beers, with the highest levels linked to contaminated local water sources. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), better known as forever chemicals, are gaining notoriety for their ability to linger in the environment and for possible links to health problems. Now, scientists are finding these chemicals in surprising [...]

When most people get sick with COVID-19 today, they think of it as a brief illness, similar to a cold. However, for a large number of people, the illness doesn't end there. The World Health Organization (WHO) calls this condition long COVID, which is when a person's symptoms continue for at least three months [...]

Artificial Intelligence and its developments have had a revolutionary impact on society, and healthcare is not an exception. China has made massive strides in AI integrated healthcare, and continues to do so as AI tools are deployed in hospitals across the country. China’s ambitions for artificial intelligence are staggering. The country is projected to [...]

Blocking a single protein boosts T cell metabolism and tumor-fighting strength. The discovery could lead to next-generation cancer immunotherapies. Scientists have identified a strategy to greatly enhance the cancer-fighting abilities of the immune system’s T cells. By inhibiting a protein known as Ant2, they succeeded in reshaping how these cells produce and use energy, [...]