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Bio & Medicine Jun 10, 2025

Self-propelled protein-based nanomotors enhance cancer therapy by inducing ferroptosis

Limited penetration depth into tumor tissues continues to hinder the development of nanotherapeutics for cancer treatment. A novel self-propelled ferroptosis nanoinducer developed by Southern Medical University was able to ...

Biochemistry May 19, 2025

Designing efficient artificial enzymes with self-assembling protein cages

Natural enzymes are remarkable molecular machines that enable all sorts of essential biochemical reactions. For decades, scientists have sought to create artificial versions of these catalysts for industrial and biomedical ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 28, 2025

Novel ferritin-based siRNA delivery system shows promise for targeted glioblastoma therapy

A new study led by Profs. Fan Kelong and Yan Xiyun from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences introduces a novel ferritin-based delivery system for small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting glioblastoma ...

Biochemistry Feb 27, 2025

Protein cage system can control conformational changes in aromatic side chains

Novel protein cage systems can control and visualize orientational changes in aromatic side chains upon ligand binding, as reported by researchers at the Institute of Science, Tokyo. By inducing coordinated molecular changes, ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 13, 2025

Nanozyme targets hypoxic lesions to enhance radiosensitivity in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

A collaborative study published on January 21 in Nature Communications presents a novel strategy to improve the effectiveness of radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).

Molecular & Computational biology Aug 5, 2024

Scientist uses state-of-the-art microscopy to discover drug candidates for cancer

Microscopy has been making leaps and bounds in recent years. Science that was inconceivable a few years ago has become a matter of programming state-of-the-art microscopes to process reams of data. Dr. Gabriel Frank quickly ...

Bio & Medicine May 21, 2024

Scientists' new drug-delivery technology is possible breakthrough for multi-strain vaccines

A new way to deliver drugs using a common protein could be used to develop mosaic vaccines, which are vaccines effective against multiple strains of a virus like COVID-19, among other medicines in a global first.

Nanomaterials Apr 17, 2024

Study finds iron-rich enamel protects, but doesn't color, rodents' orange-brown incisors

Chattering squirrels, charming coypus, and tail-slapping beavers—along with some other rodents—have orange-brown front teeth. Researchers have published high-resolution images of rodent incisors in ACS Nano, providing ...

Biotechnology Mar 12, 2024

New software allows scientists to model shapeshifting proteins in native cellular environments

Cells rely on complex molecular machines composed of protein assemblies to perform essential functions such as energy production, gene expression, and protein synthesis. To better understand how these machines work, scientists ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 30, 2024

DNA particles that mimic viruses hold promise as vaccines

Using a virus-like delivery particle made from DNA, researchers from MIT and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard have created a vaccine that can induce a strong antibody response against SARS-CoV-2.

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