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Magnetotactic bacteria project aims to develop living cancer ‘magnetobots’
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (485+ words) Aston University is leading a €1.2m international research project to investigate whether naturally magnetic bacteria can be harnessed to deliver targeted cancer therapies. Funded through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Staff Exchanges programme, the MagBIO project brings together 18 partner organisations from…...
Funding to support colorectal cancer platform targeting ‘undruggable’ proteins
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (451+ words) University of Bath spin-out Revolver Therapeutics has secured £572k to advance a drug discovery platform designed to target transcription factors, proteins long regarded as among the most difficult targets in cancer research. The investment round was led by QantX, with follow-on…...
Japanese Find Frog Bacteria That Wipes Out Cancer Tumors With a Single Dose
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (351+ words) Japanese scientists have discovered a naturally-occurring bacteria in a frog species with remarkably-potent anticancer activity—in fact, it destroyed cancer tumors in one dose. Led by Professor Eijiro Miyako, the team at Japan’s Advanced Institute of Science and Technology discovered…...
Strange “Chimeric” RNA Linked to Women’s Health and Wellness
13+ hour, 13+ min ago (614+ words) A little-known RNA molecule found only in women may influence immunity, infection severity, and autoimmune risk. Some RNA molecules once dismissed as genetic mistakes may actually perform essential jobs in healthy cells. New research suggests that one such molecule, found…...
DARPA’s Chilling Pre-COVID Blueprint: Predict, Manufacture, & Deploy Pandemics On Demand
4+ hour, 43+ min ago (608+ words) A sprawling, multi-institution effort for “predicting” future pathogen characteristics, developing vaccines “in advance of need,” and building the very systems intended to validate those predictions. DARPA itself described the vaccine-centric purpose of the program unambiguously. According to the agency: “The…...
The Most Popular Gym Supplement May Also Help Immune Cells Fight Cancer, UCLA Study Finds
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (851+ words) Creatine, the over-the-counter supplement used by millions of athletes and gym-goers to build muscle and improve performance, may also help the immune system fight cancer, according to new research from UCLA published in the journal iScience. The researchers say the…...
A woman with three autoimmune diseases achieves remission through immune system 'reset' therapy.
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (61+ words) GIGAZINE Scientists have announced that a patient suffering from Therefore, Müller and his team, who had previously treated I tried setting up Cloudflare Access, which is free to use, to securely access my local AI from outside. Jul 11, 2026 08:00:00 in Science,…...
ASCO 2026: All about DNA damage response, with Luke Piggot
2+ day, 56+ min ago (289+ words) The oncology space today is an array of different innovative mechanisms of action, and companies of all sizes are trying to keep pace with the cutting edge of the space. For Debiopharm, one of those novel areas is DNA damage…...
The Battle Over Vaccine Narratives: CIDRAP's 'Unbiased Science' Newsletter Reveals More Than It Intends
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (75+ words) The fight over American vaccine policy is no longer confined to laboratories or regulatory committees. It has become a battle over narrative itself. The latest policy roundup from the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP),…...
Breakthroughs in RNA science
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (229+ words) Most people first heard about mRNA during the 2020 pandemic, but this molecule that carries instructions from DNA to make proteins has been studied since the 1960s. Decades of basic research supported the large-scale, rapid production of mRNA Covid-19 vaccines and opened…...