News • Synthetic nanofibers
Repairing cartilage damage with ‘dancing’ molecules
US researchers applied an injectable new therapy, which harnesses fast-moving “dancing molecules,” to repair damaged human cartilage cells within just 4 hours.
Cells
News • Adaptive mutability
How bowel cancer flips the switch to avoid immune detection
Why does the immune system sometimes fail to control the development of bowel cancer? UK and Dutch researchers discovered how cancer cells use a genetic "switch" to evade detection.
News • Vital mechanism discovered
Promising approach to prevent breast cancer recurrence
Finnish researchers discovered a mechanism that wakes up dormant breast cancer cells and demonstrated that preventing the mechanism can significantly improve treatment outcomes in experimental models.
News • Research on immune system responses
Allergy or infection? Scientists discover distinguishing features
Scientists discover how the production of antibodies is regulated in allergy and infections. This opens the door to new therapies, without affecting the beneficial response of the immune system.
News • Research on DNA danage
Surprise finding on cancer cell death to impact therapies
Chemotherapy kills cancer cells – but how? New research suggests that the mechanisms are different than previously understood. The finding will have implications for future cancer treatments.
News • 6.5 million European funding
Fighting cancer with artificial cells and tissue
Artificial cells to combat cancer: Research groups are working to create synthetic micro-organisms capable of detecting the presence of the disease and delivering anti-cancer therapies.
News • Leukemia MRD after chemo
AML: Residual cancer testing as an important safeguard
Blood cancer cells can remain in the blood of AML patients, even after chemotherapy seemed successful. Testing for these residuals before blood cell donation is a vital precaution, a new study finds.
News • Opportunity for new treatment approaches
Atherosclerosis and cancer share surprising similarities, study finds
In cancer, cell deterioration can drive progression. A similar process happens in artherosclerosis, new research reveals. This finding could lead to new ways of combatting disease-causing plaque.
News • Generation of alveolar epithelial type I cells
Study furthers understanding of lung regeneration
Researchers present a new method for generating human alveolar epithelial type I cells. This could ultimately progress therapies for people living with pulmonary diseases.
News • Novel probe assesses cell stiffness
A 3D endo-microscope for early cancer diagnosis
Stiffness in tissues can be a valuable indicator of cancer formation. Now, researchers have developed a microscopic probe to perform histology at the single cell level inside the human body.
News • Bioinformatics
New tool identifies chromosomal instability in cancer cells
A new detection tool is designed to contribute to improving tumour research and classification by identification and quantification of chromosomal instability in the nuclei of cancer cells.
News • Characterization of cancer relevant genes
Breast cancer: Researchers take a deep dive into cell lines
Biochemists and bioinformaticians from the Leibniz Institute DSMZ have extensively characterized the molecular properties of the breast cancer cell lines from the institute's collection.
News • Mitosis profiling
AI tool helps grade cancer based on cell divisions
Ahead of World Cancer Day on 4 February, scientists are revealing a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to help grade cancer, by analysing cell division.
News • Increasing cell visibility
Making cancer easier to find and destroy for the immune system
Researchers in Japan and the US have developed technology to robustly augment the amount of MHC class I molecules in cancer cells. This makes them easier to find and destroy for the immune system.
News • Elimination of senescent tumour cells
Study: Immunotherapy makes anti-cancer chemotherapy more efficient
Chemotherapy against cancer can lead to the generation of senescent tumour cells, which can help the tumour survive. A new immunotherapy approach to eliminate these cells shows promise in animal models.
News • Mammacarcinoma research
Study pinpoints breast cancer ‘cells-of-origin’ in high-risk women
Scientists have pinpointed likely ‘cells-of-origin’, the source cells that can grow into breast cancer, in women carrying a faulty BRCA2 gene who are at high risk of developing the disease.
News • Water exchange detection
New MRI-based method measures tumor malignancy
An Italian research team has introduced a new MRI-based method for assessing water water exchange to estimate the degree of malignancy and the success of treatments in tumors.
News • Synthetic biology
Artificial cells could be used in drug delivery, tissue engineering
Researchers have developed a simple, yet efficient way to create cell-like synthetic structures. These artificial cells could be used for a range of medical purposes – for example, in drug delivery.
News • Friend and foe in one
Breast cancer: The paradoxical role of white blood cells
White blood cells found in breast tumors can both help and hinder the spread of cancer cells to other organs, a new study from Karolinska Institutet shows.
News • Unexpected behaviour
Pathogens can force their way through the immune defense, new study shows
Breaking & entering – on a minuscule scale: US researchers have shown how some pathogens like Toxoplasma can enter cells using physical force to cause an infection.
News • SCN tumor development
How prostate cancer grows aggressive to evade treatment
In a new study, UCLA researchers demonstrated how small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer tumor cells can arise from less aggressive prostate tumors.
News • Ultraviolet cell visualisation
'Seeing' cancer though the eyes of a butterfly
Inspired by the enhanced visual system of butterflies, researchers have developed an imaging sensor to “see” into the UV range for differentiating between cancer and normal cells.
News • Good killer cells
Cellular immunotherapy: a new approach against cancer
Chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery – these are the three common forms of cancer therapy. Now, lymphoma specialists in Essen are investigating the possibility of a different approach.
News • Neuro research
3D printing method shows promise for repairing brain injuries
University of Oxford researchers demonstrated that neural cells can be 3D printed to mimic the architecture of the cerebral cortex. This could be used in patients after brain injuries.
News • Injury of non-cancer cells identified as trigger
Breast cancer recurrence: Could chemotherapy cause what it's trying to stop?
Chemotherapy can be an effective means to fight breast cancer, but under certain circumstances, the treatment can cause dormant cancer cells to re-awaken, new research finds.
