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Starving cancer cells of fat may improve cancer treatment

Cutting off cancer cells' access to fat may help a specific type of cancer treatment work more effectively, reports a…

2 weeks ago

How cells recognize and repair DNA damage

Whenever cells divide, there is a high risk of damage to the genetic material. After all, the cell has to…

1 month ago

Turning brain cells on using the power of light

University of Rochester researchers have demonstrated a noninvasive method using BL-OG, or bioluminescent optogenetics, that harnesses light to activate neurons…

1 month ago

Fever drives enhanced activity, mitochondrial damage in immune cells

Fever temperatures rev up immune cell metabolism, proliferation and activity, but they also -- in a particular subset of T…

2 months ago

Drug bypasses suppressive immune cells to unleash immunotherapy

By recruiting the immune system to combat tumor cells, immunotherapy has improved survival rates, offering hope to millions of cancer…

3 months ago

Hexagonal perovskite oxides: Electrolytes for next-generation protonic ceramic fuel cells

A new study presents a significant advancement in fuel cell technology. Researchers from Tokyo Tech identified hexagonal perovskite-related Ba5R2Al2SnO13 oxides…

4 months ago

Scientists discover new T cells and genes related to immune disorders

Researchers led by Yasuhiro Murakawa at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) and Kyoto University in Japan and…

4 months ago

Fasting primes the immune system’s natural killer cells to better fight cancer, new study in mice finds

Periods of fasting reprogram the immune system's natural killer cells to better fight cancer, according to a new study in…

5 months ago

ERR-gamma ‘trains’ stomach stem cells to become acid-producing cells

Common conditions such as indigestion and heartburn as well as peptic ulcers, autoimmune gastritis and stomach and esophageal cancers have…

6 months ago

Using stem cell-derived heart muscle cells to advance heart regenerative therapy

Regenerative heart therapies involve transplanting cardiac muscle cells into damaged areas of the heart to recover lost function. However, the…

7 months ago