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• E. coli's internal bomb may provide novel target for treatment strategy April 21, 2018
  Bacteria's internal bomb, the so-called toxin-antitoxin (TA) system that is part of the normal bacterial makeup, may be triggered to make bacteria turn on themselves, providing a valuable target for novel antimicrobial approaches in drug design, according to new research.
• Remote-control shoots laser at nano-gold to turn on cancer-killing immune cells April 20, 2018
  Cancer immune cell therapy has made headlines with astounding successes like saving former US President Jimmy Carter from brain cancer. But immunotherapy has also had many tragic flops. Researchers working to optimize the innovative treatment have implanted a genetic switch that activates T-cells when they are inside of tumors. Remote-control light waves res […]
• Treatment of cancer could become possible with adenovirus April 20, 2018
  Researchers have shown that adenovirus binds to a specific type of carbohydrate that is overexpressed on certain types of cancer cells. The discovery opens up new opportunities for the development of virus-based cancer therapy.
• Soil metals linked with cancer mortality April 20, 2018
  Epidemiologists and geologists have found associations between esophageal cancer and soils where lead is abundant, lung cancer and terrains with increased copper content, brain tumor with areas rich in arsenic, and bladder cancer with high cadmium levels. These statistical links do not indicate that there is a cause-effect relationship between soil type and […]
• Vitamin D deficiency linked to greater risk of diabetes April 19, 2018
  An epidemiological study suggests that persons deficient in vitamin D may be at much greater risk of developing diabetes.
• Chip-based blood test for multiple myeloma could make bone biopsies a relic of the past April 19, 2018
  A new research effort has resulted in a low-cost, reliable blood test that uses a small plastic chip about the size of a credit card that can deliver the same diagnostic information as a bone biopsy -- but using a simple blood draw instead.
• Gene-edited stem cells show promise against HIV in non-human primates April 19, 2018
  Gene editing of bone marrow stem cells in pigtail macaques infected with simian/human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) significantly reduces the size of dormant 'viral reservoirs' that pose a risk of reactivation.