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Mushrooms from the Far East area could be used to design novel anti-cancer drugs

Mushrooms from the Far East area contain the natural chemical compounds, which could be used for the design of the novel drugs with highly specific anti-tumor activities and low-toxicity.

2 Aug 2018

Cancer cells proliferate less when their internal pH is lowered, study shows

A new computational model has allowed researchers to identify new therapeutic targets that can attack cancer cells by lowering their intracellular pH. The study, which is the result of collaboration between IRB Barcelona, the Moffitt Cancer Center, and the University of Maryland, has been published in Nature Communications.

31 Jul 2018

Scientists find people's assumptions about DNA repair after CRISPR editing to be wrong

Despite high hopes and high investment in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, scientists still have a lot to learn about how it works in humans.

31 Jul 2018

Research explores whether too many patents stifle progress in biomedicine

New research published by University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Jorge Contreras in Science this week explores the current state of sharing resources in the biomedical research field and whether the fragmentation of property ownership can stifle research progress, instead of advancing it.

27 Jul 2018

Study shows how organs acquire very complex yet stable shapes

Researchers from the Department of Cellular Biology at the University of Seville and Seville Institute of Biomedicine have shown that epithelial cells, which are those that cover the surfaces of many organs, adopt a new, previously undescribed geometric shape, the scutoid, so that tissue can curve.

27 Jul 2018

Researchers discover new cell shape that allows tissues to curve

Researchers have discovered a new cell shape called a Scutoid that allows epithelial cells to curve into tissues and form complex organ shapes.

27 Jul 2018

Researchers develop nano-carriers to specifically target senescent cells

Senescent cells are damaged cells that do not perform their normal roles anymore but that are not dead -hence they are commonly known as zombi cells.

27 Jul 2018

Researchers develop machine learning method to predict unknown gene functions of microbes

An international team led by computational biologist Fran Supek at IRB Barcelona develop a machine learning method to predict unknown gene functions of microbes.

17 Jul 2018

Bioengineers, diabetes researchers convene to discuss future concepts for precision medicine

New technologies enable deeper insights into the causes of major diseases such as diabetes, obesity or cancer and open the way to a new generation of diagnostics and therapies.

17 Jul 2018

Researchers find new way for producing medical therapeutic proteins

Bacterial systems are some of the simplest and most effective platforms for the expression of recombinant proteins.

13 Jul 2018

Study demonstrates new therapeutic targets for inflammation-associated colon cancer

Scientists headed by ICREA researcher Angel R. Nebreda at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) report a new mechanism that contributes to the development of inflammation-associated colon cancer and points to new therapeutic targets. The study has been published in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine.

12 Jul 2018

Scientists pinpoint new therapeutic targets for inflammation-associated colon cancer

Scientists headed by ICREA researcher Angel R. Nebreda at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine report a new mechanism that contributes to the development of inflammation-associated colon cancer and points to new therapeutic targets

11 Jul 2018

Researchers develop new method to identify genes contributing to heritable cancer risk

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona developed a new method to systematically identify genes contributing to heritable cancer risk.

10 Jul 2018

Researchers develop new approach for tailored production of methacrylate-based photopolymers

An ever-growing number of coatings, including varnishes and printing inks, as well as tooth fillings, are cured with light.

9 Jul 2018

Researchers unmask functioning of protein involved in DNA repair during spermatogenesis

Researchers from the Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology and the Institute for Biotechnology and Biomedicine of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona have unmasked the functioning of a protein involved in DNA repair, ATR, in the meiotic recombination process which takes place during the development of spermatocytes - sperm precursor cells- and how inhibiting this protein causes anomalies which block spermatogenesis.

9 Jul 2018

Biomedicine News and Research

Mushrooms from the Far East area could be used to design novel anti-cancer drugs

Cancer cells proliferate less when their internal pH is lowered, study shows

Scientists find people's assumptions about DNA repair after CRISPR editing to be wrong

Research explores whether too many patents stifle progress in biomedicine

Study shows how organs acquire very complex yet stable shapes

Researchers discover new cell shape that allows tissues to curve

Researchers develop nano-carriers to specifically target senescent cells

Researchers develop machine learning method to predict unknown gene functions of microbes

Bioengineers, diabetes researchers convene to discuss future concepts for precision medicine

Researchers find new way for producing medical therapeutic proteins

Study demonstrates new therapeutic targets for inflammation-associated colon cancer

Scientists pinpoint new therapeutic targets for inflammation-associated colon cancer

Researchers develop new method to identify genes contributing to heritable cancer risk

Researchers develop new approach for tailored production of methacrylate-based photopolymers

Researchers unmask functioning of protein involved in DNA repair during spermatogenesis

Researchers develop switch that can control genome editing

Enzyme TLK2 could serve as potential therapies for breast cancer, brain condition

Scientists discover new protein involved in neuron formation

Research does not confirm antidiabetic action of natural fatty acid derivatives

Protein Data Bank at Rutgers impacts research, education and drug discovery

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