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Wireless implant delivers chemotherapy deep into tumors without side effects
11.7.2025 | Press monitoring
Researchers have developed a wireless implantable drug delivery system that enables anticancer drugs to penetrate deep into solid tumors – without harming surrounding healthy tissue. The multidisciplinary team, led by experts in materials science, bioelectronics, and pharmaceutical engineering, offers a new strategy to enhance the efficacy of...
Novel nanostructures in blue sharks reveal their remarkable potential for dynamic color-change
9.7.2025 | Press monitoring
New research into the anatomy of blue sharks (Prionace glauca) reveals a unique nanostructure in their skin that produces their iconic blue coloration, but intriguingly, also suggests a potential capacity for color change. "Blue is one of the rarest colors in the animal kingdom, and animals have developed a variety of unique strategies through...
The multitasking microbe that turns CO? into minerals
7.7.2025 | Press monitoring
In the future, could the walls of our houses be partly made from CO?? Researchers from EPFL's Soils Mechanics Laboratory, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) and the EPFL start-up Medusoil SA have demonstrated that Bacillus megaterium – a resilient and versatile microorganism commonly found in soil,...
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Cyborg beetles could revolutionize urban search and rescue
4.7.2025 | Press monitoring
Common beetles equipped with microchip backpacks could one day be used to help search and rescue crews locate survivors within hours instead of days following disasters such as building and mine collapses. The University of Queensland's Dr. Thang Vo-Doan and Research Assistant Lachlan Fitzgerald have demonstrated they can remotely guide darkling...
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Sorghum proteins offer resilient 3D printable bioink base
2.7.2025 | Press monitoring
Food scientists are paving the way for 3D-printed food and pharmaceuticals based on drought-tolerant grain sorghum protein that won't turn into a blob. The grain, which is capable of growing in contrasting climatic conditions, is also known for its health benefits, such as inhibiting inflammation and reducing heart disease risk by lowering total...
Reprogrammed E. coli turns plastic waste into paracetamol
30.6.2025 | Press monitoring
Here's a rather novel way to keep trash out of landfills: engineering biologists at the University of Edinburgh have developed a way to turn the common plastic used for disposable bottles into the popular painkiller paracetamol (acetaminophen). All it takes is a bit of bacteria and time to ferment the treated waste. This approach not only...
Genetic code enables zebrafish to mend damaged organs
27.6.2025 | Press monitoring
Zebrafish have the remarkable and rare ability to regrow and repair their hearts after damage. New research from Caltech and UC Berkeley has identified the circuit of genes controlling this ability and offers clues about how a human heart might someday be repaired after damage, such as a heart attack or in cases of congenital heart defects. In...
Scientists use gene editing to correct harmful mitochondrial mutations in human cells
25.6.2025 | Press monitoring
In a step toward treating mitochondrial diseases, researchers in the Netherlands have successfully edited harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA using a genetic tool known as a base editor. The results, published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, offer new hope for people with rare genetic conditions. Mitochondria have their own small set...
Precision nanomachines deliver gene therapy to lymph nodes, suppressing breast cancer spread
23.6.2025 | Press monitoring
Sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) serve as the first checkpoint in breast cancer metastasis and play a crucial role in halting cancer progression. However, in advanced cancers with metastatic potential, cytotoxic CD8-positive T cells, which are supposed to attack cancer cells, are inactivated through the protein TGF-?1 secreted by cancer cells in the...
Museomics highlights the importance of scientific museum collections
20.6.2025 | Press monitoring
Natural history museums have played a fundamental role in preserving scientific memory. However, many of these museums' scientific collections have remained underutilized in recent decades. The emergence of sequencing techniques that require recent tissues and intact DNA has made historical collections irrelevant. But this scenario is changing,...
