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Women in STEM with Delphine Guyon-Gellin

Drug Target Review

DGG: Resilience: In science, we can’t predict and control everything. Sometimes science “speaks” and sometimes it doesn’t. Teach them that they can make a difference while nurturing their skills in the sciences and mathematics. As a woman in STEM, what unique perspectives or strengths do you believe you bring to your work?

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Targeted drug treatment leads tumor cells to imitate viral infection

Broad Institute

Targeted drug treatment leads tumor cells to imitate viral infection By Ari Navetta July 11, 2024 Breadcrumb Home Targeted drug treatment leads tumor cells to imitate viral infection Exploiting "viral mimicry," mIDH1 inhibitors trick tumors into thinking they are infected with a virus. paper cited Wu M, Kondo H, et al. Online July 11, 2024.

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The effectiveness of nanoparticles in chemotherapy

Drug Target Review

The use of nanoparticles, which are around the size of a virus particle, is a very promising delivery method for overcoming chemotherapy issues. 1 Dr Ninh (Irene) La-Beck, from the Department of Immunotherapeutics and Biotechnology at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Jerry H.

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Designing a Better Probiotic. CRISPR Hubris?

PLOS: DNA Science

The molecular tools of CRISPR were borrowed and developed from the natural immune response of bacteria to viruses – bacteriophages – that infect them. DNA Science recently covered perfumes resurrected from extinct plants, but using older and less precise recombinant DNA technology. appeared first on DNA Science.

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Can Global Genomic Surveillance Forecast the Next Pandemic?

PLOS: DNA Science

These factors are converging to enable both identification of novel infectious diseases as well as microbial resistance, before these threats can impact public health, write a team from the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Frontiers in Science. Work on vaccines ensued too.

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Researchers design gene therapy that can effectively target glioblastoma

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Immunotherapies, which mobilize the body's immune defenses against a cancer, have not been effective for GBM, in part because the tumor's surrounding environment is largely impenetrable to assaults from the body's immune system.

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The immune system’s role in lung cancer risk

Drug Target Review

HLA are the critical molecules that our immune systems use to present peptides to T cells and facilitate recognition and killing in immune responses to pathogens. HLA-II presents peptides to CD4 T cells thought to be important for indirectly helping immune responses and facilitating antibody production.