Cytoplasm

“Bugs Delivering Drugs” – Researchers Publish New Approach To Colorectal Cancer Treatment Using Common Food-Borne Bacteria

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Baylor University researchers have published a novel approach to fight colorectal cancer, using modified bacteria as a courier to deliver potent cancer-killing proteins into tumor cells. Michael S. VanNieuwenhze, PhD, FRSC, University Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Biology, along with Baylor doctoral students and a colleague at Texas Tech University Health Sciences … Read more

Expanded Seq-Scope method boosts gene-mapping resolution within tissues

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In 2021, a technology developed at University of Michigan, called Seq-Scope, revolutionized the ability to map gene activity within intact tissue at microscopic resolution, enabling researchers to measure all expressed mRNA molecules and determine precisely where they are located within the tissue, using an Illumina sequencer machine. The team behind the Seq-Scope method, led by Jun … Read more

Yale study unlocks potential of lupus-related antibody to target cold tumors

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Yale scientists have discovered a promising way to trigger immune responses against certain tumors, using a lupus-related antibody that can slip, undetected, into “cold” tumors and flip on an immune response that has been turned off by cancer. The research, published in Science Signaling on March 25, offers new findings that could help improve therapies … Read more

ASU researchers propose a unifying explanation for molecular chaos driving Alzheimer’s disease

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In a groundbreaking theory, scientists at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute propose a unifying explanation for the molecular chaos driving Alzheimer’s disease. The condition causes widespread disruption of gene behavior, affecting every known neuropathology and clinical manifestation of the disease. According to the analysis, the changes caused by the illness may stem from a breakdown … Read more