Targeted gene therapy shuts down cancer cells' energy centers
Researchers are shining a light on cancer cells' energy centers – literally – to damage these power sources and trigger ...
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Study reveals how DNA folding drives gene activity bursts
Researchers at Kyushu University have revealed how spatial distance between specific regions of DNA is linked to bursts of gene ...
Researchers introduce CRISPR-mediated genome and cancer shredding as a conceptual paradigm to treat recurrent gliomas
In a recent study published in Cell Reports, researchers demonstrated clustered regularly interspersed short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-mediated elimination of glioblastoma ...
Discovery of a novel therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer
A recent Scientific Reports study identified a novel amino acid transporter-based therapeutic target for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Study: Amino acid transporter SLC38A5 ...
Researchers optically evoke tachycardia enhanced anxiety-like behaviour
In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers devised a non-invasive optogenetic and wearable cardiac pacemaker for accurate ...
Study uncovers a new role for Slit2 signaling in stimulating Ewing sarcoma growth
A new research paper was published in Genes & Cancer on December 14, 2022, entitled, "Slit2 signaling stimulates Ewing sarcoma ...
UC San Diego researchers rewrite the textbook on gene regulation
A fundamental principle of molecular biology governs how proteins are made within the cell, which happens in two stages called ...
Researchers identify a new target gene in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Pancreatic cancer remains one of the deadliest malignancies worldwide. Since five-year survival rate for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is only ...
What is the association between farnesoid X receptor inhibition and protection against COVID-19?
In a recent study published in Nature, researchers assessed the association between farnesoid X receptor (FXR) inhibition and severe acute ...
Rice researchers use deactivated Cas9 proteins to synthetically trigger the transcription of genes
Rice University researchers have demonstrated that CRISPR-Cas9, increasingly famous as a gene-editing tool, can be employed in powerful additional ways ...