New markers improve detection of aggressive breast cancer cells in the blood
Of all the types of breast cancer, triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive and lacks…
Rural Northland cell towers vandalised, communities left at risk
RCG chief executive Ian Hooker told the Northland Age they have had over 25 instances of vandalism across…
Key protein in the tuberculosis bacterium helps protect itself from foreign DNA
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), with collaborators from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), have…
Bowel preparation for colonoscopies may temporarily alter gut balance, preclinical study suggests
New preclinical research suggests that bowel preparation procedures for colonoscopies may temporarily alter gut balance, culminating in unappreciated…
UBC researchers crack code to grow helper t cells from stem cells
For the first time, researchers at the University of British Columbia have demonstrated how to reliably produce an important type…
Dual pathways found for centromere specification, ensuring accurate chromosome segregation
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Despite the immense amount of genetic material present in each cell, around three…
A precise tool to halt viral protein production
Across all domains of life, immune defenses foil invading viruses by making it impossible for the viruses to…
Vitamin A derivative suppresses immune response and cancer vaccine efficacy
Scientists at the Princeton University Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have identified novel mechanisms by…
Why some bacteria survive antibiotics and how to stop them
New study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different “shutdown modes,” not just the…
Silica nanomatrix enhances immunotherapy for solid tumors
Cancer has long remained a leading cause of death worldwide and in Hong Kong, accounting for 30% of…
New computational method reconstructs how cells decide their fate
Researchers from Kyushu University have developed an innovative computational method, called ddHodge, that can reconstruct the complex dynamics…
New insights into the global expansion of Candida auris
The fungal species Candida auris is spreading across the globe, and gaining in virulence, according to a new…