Scientists make significant lung cancer discovery
Treatment for lung cancer has improved in recent years — and a new Edith Cowan University study has found how to make it even more effective
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Joseph Shavit
- Mar 15
Cancer fighting protein kills tumors and boosts the body’s immunity
Tumor cells typically alter their energy metabolism and increase glucose uptake to support their rapid division and spread.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 12
Lab-grown eye cells could be the cure for blindness, study finds
Retinal cells grown from stem cells, called organoids, are reprogrammed and ready for trials in humans with degenerative eye disorders.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 9
Scientists discover how a single cell turns into a majestic tree
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time one way that a small molecule turns a single cell into something as large as a tree.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 21
Life-altering research effectively cures brain cancer
These findings provide a promising basis for developing effective medications for glioblastoma, an aggressive, and thus far incurable cancer
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 17
Gamechanging cancer innovation reverts cancer cells back into normal cells
Researchers have tested the possibility of artificially maturing breast cancer cells as an approach to turn them into normal cells.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 15
Cancer fighting protein depletes tumors of energy and boosts the body’s immunity
New anti-cancer therapies could simultaneously deplete tumors of energy and boost the body’s immune response against them.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 13
Reprogrammed skin cells can treat blindness, researchers find
Resaerchers coaxed human skin cells reprogrammed to act as stem cells to develop into layers of several types of retinal cells.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 9
Trojan Horse virus destroys cancerous tumors from the inside out
A new technology enables the body to produce therapeutic agents on demand at the exact location where they are needed.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 7
Scientists discover protein that can repair heart muscle and regenerate organs
A protein that helps make neurons also works to reprogram scar tissue cells into heart muscle cells, in partnership with a second protein.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 30
Breakthrough "origin-of-life" molecule found to destroy cancer cells
RNA has been shown to be essential for repairing human genetic material and preventing mutations that might lead to developing cancer.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 27
Groundbreaking new compound eradicates the MRSA superbug
A compound that both inhibits the MRSA superbug and renders it more vulnerable to antibiotics has been discovered by scientists
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 17
Groundbreaking cancer discovery reverts cancer cells back into normal cells
Cancer occurs when cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other organs in the body. Cancer cells differ from normal cells in many ways.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 17
Researchers discover how cells communicate and form tissues and organs
Building tissues and organs is one of the most complex and important tasks that cells must accomplish during embryogenesis.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 15
Researchers discover killer T cells that target and eradicate cancers
As a part of our immune defences, cytotoxic T cells – or killer T cells – seek out and destroy cells that are infected or cancerous.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 8
Researchers identify how exercise preserves physical fitness during aging
Proven to protect against a wide array of diseases, exercise may be the most powerful anti-aging intervention known to science.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 3
Self-assembling proteins key to memory formation, response to drug treatment
Using these engineered proteins, researchers can record histories that reveal when certain genes are activated, or how cells respond.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 31, 2022
Breakthrough "origin-of-life" molecule found to destroy cancer cells
RNA, the molecule that gave rise to life, has been shown to be essential for repairing human genetic material and preventing mutations
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 31, 2022
First-ever discovery of the cells in the inner ear that enable us to hear
Researchers are first to reveal that the checkerboard-like arrangement of cells in the inner ear’s organ of Corti is vital for hearing.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 29, 2022
Scientists discover the reason loss of smell occurs in long COVID-19
Important insight into a vexing problem that has plagued millions who have not fully recovered their sense of smell after COVID-19.
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