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Critical Insights into Parkinson’s Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutics
Multiple studies provide new understanding and treatment approaches for Parkinson’s disease (PD). Research into parkin-deficient neurons reveals mechanisms of seeding-competent α-synuclein...
Advances in Membrane and Nanoparticle Technologies Enhance Drug Delivery and Separation
Breakthroughs in membrane engineering and nanoparticle formulation are set to elevate drug delivery and separation technologies. Interfacial polymer cross-linking enables ultrathin membranes with...
Pediatric and Neonatal Research Highlights Urgent Clinical Needs
Several studies address critical challenges in pediatric and neonatal care. A predictive model identifies risk factors for plastic bronchitis in children with severe pneumonia, aiming to improve...
Cancer Research Unveils Novel Therapeutic Targets and Personalized Strategies
Cutting-edge cancer studies expose new molecular targets and strategies to overcome treatment resistance. St. Jude and Dana-Farber teams identify histone acetyltransferases MOZ/KAT6A and HBO1/KAT7...
Lanthanide-carbon triple bond stabilized inside fullerene cage
Recent research has achieved a breakthrough in coordination and organometallic chemistry by isolating a lanthanide–carbon triple bond encapsulated within an endohedral fullerene cage. The study...
Vertex's stem cell therapy enables majority of diabetes patients to cease insulin
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has reported promising clinical progress with its off-the-shelf stem cell therapy, zimislecel (formerly VX-880), for type 1 diabetes. In a cohort of twelve patients, ten...
FDA moves to expedite drug reviews with new pilot priority voucher program
FDA Commissioner Martin Makary introduced a pilot program aimed at accelerating the review process for drugs addressing U.S. national interests. The initiative extends the established priority...
Environmental chemical monitoring gaps undermine risk assessment accuracy
A comprehensive study published in Science has identified critical deficiencies in current environmental chemical monitoring programs across U.S. surface waters. Analyzing over 112 million records...
AI-driven discovery of anti-glycation compounds from natural sources
Innovators from Toho University have developed an automated Carbonyl-Trapping Mechanism-Based Automatic Mining (CTM-AM) tool integrating high-performance liquid chromatography and mass...
Mechanistic insights into Parkinson's disease from parkin-deficient neuron studies
A multidisciplinary team has illuminated the molecular mechanisms driving Parkinson’s disease pathology by investigating seeding-competent α-synuclein aggregates within human induced pluripotent...
Breakthrough in cancer drug resistance tracking with genetic barcoding
Researchers have pioneered a novel method to track the dynamic evolution of cancer cell resistance to therapies by integrating genetic barcoding with quantitative phenotypic analysis. This...
Nanoparticle coassembly system improves drug delivery for chemotherapy
An innovative nanoparticle platform combining medical-grade poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) with natural albumin protein has been developed, demonstrating exceptional improvements in...
Therapeutic potential of menin inhibition in aggressive acute leukemias
Recent progress in targeted cancer therapies highlights menin inhibitors as transformative agents for treating acute leukemias harboring KMT2A gene rearrangements and related mutations. Menin, a...
High-momentum 2D photoluminescence emission coupled with surface resonance
A new photonics study reveals a novel phenomenon wherein photoluminescence emissions exhibit high momentum two-dimensional propagation facilitated by coupling with surface lattice resonances...
Lanthanide–Carbon Triple Bond Inside Fullerene: A New Frontier in Chemistry
Researchers from a collaborative team in China and Singapore have achieved a landmark breakthrough by synthesizing and characterizing a cerium–carbon triple bond stabilized within an endohedral...
Novo Nordisk Amylin Drug Shows Strong Weight Loss but Dose Efficacy Questions Arise
Novo Nordisk's new amylin-targeting obesity drug, amycretin, demonstrated significant weight loss in a Phase 1/2 study, with the highest dose group losing an average of 24.3% body weight over 36...
Vertex Diabetes Cell Therapy Enables Most Patients to Discontinue Insulin
Vertex Pharmaceuticals reported that their investigational off-the-shelf stem cell therapy, zimislecel (previously VX-880), enabled 10 out of 12 type 1 diabetes patients to stop insulin therapy...
FDA Leadership Changes Signal Possible Shifts in Cell and Gene Therapy Oversight
Recent organizational changes within the U.S. FDA have led to the administrative leave and departure of top leadership in the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research's Office of Therapeutic...
Artificial Intelligence Advances Propel Drug Discovery and Design
Recent innovations in artificial intelligence are dramatically accelerating biology and drug development. KAIST researchers have improved text-to-image generative models to generate more creative,...
Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Enhanced by Protein-Polymer Coassembly
Scientists at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and Nanjing University have engineered a novel nanoparticle system integrating the biodegradable polymer PLGA with blood protein albumin to form...