Super-resolution microscopy builds multicolour 3D images from 2D
Researchers have developed a method of exploiting fluorescence in microscopy to generate 3D images of organelles and structures within cells from 2D images...
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Amazonian plant provides anti-tumour activity
A plant from the Amazonian region of Colombia has shown anti-tumour properties against human liver cancer cells, but not against healthy cells...
Cancer vaccine shows promise for HER2-positive cancers
Treatment with a HER2-targeted therapeutic cancer vaccine provided clinical benefit to several patients with metastatic HER2-positive cancers...
Kidney disease biomarker could help detect COPD
A biomarker usually used with kidney disease, could potentially be used to detect COPD through identifying levels of albuminuria in urine...
DNA vaccine shows promise for cancer immunotherapy
DNA vaccine optimised to cross-react with several MAGE-A isoforms generates a robust immune response and antitumour activity in a pre-clinical model of melanoma...
NIH to build cell atlas of the human body
The NIH's Common Fund programme looks towards building a cell map of all individual cells in the human body to aid the detection of disease...
‘Paintable’ chemotherapy for melanoma shrinks tumours
A hydrogel incorporating transfersomes and chemotherapy drugs incorporated with some intravenous medication may be the best treatment for melanoma...
Sugar specific molecules show promising results for new allergy vaccine
Using sugar molecules researchers have developed a new vaccine for hay fever that may reduce treatment times and increase the effectiveness of treatments...
KCNB1 may be a root cause of Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers have identified that levels of the protein KCNB1 are increased in Alzheimer's brains, which may cause the increase of amyloid-beta plaques...
Developments in EEG brain scans could detect mental disorders early
Researchers at the University of San Francisco have suggested how advances in EEG brain scanners could help to diagnose brain conditions earlier...
CT45 biomarker found in ovarian cancer can predict response to therapy
New approach could prolong survival and trigger an immune...
New drug Metavert blocks growth of pancreatic cancer in mice
Scientists in California have discovered that a newly developed drug prevents pancreatic cancer in lab mice.
Cryo-EM shows structure of TRPM2
The structure of the protein TRPM2, a possible drug target, has been revealed for the first time by researchers at Van Andel Research Institute...
Breast tissue simulations address enhanced MRI delays
Researchers address the delay of enhanced MRI cancer detection using simulations of women's breast tissue and higher MRI strengths...
Scientists report using pluripotent stem cells to grow human oesophagal organoids
Scientists have been able to grow human oesophagal tissue entirely from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs), which can form any tissue type in the body...