People everywhere are feeling the stress of a worldwide recession. Our cells, too, are under continual assault from stress. Hidden from sight, our cells battle challenges such as their environment, ...

Figure 1. The general mechanism of action for antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs) have been transformative in oncology, offering targeted cancer treatments that enhance ...

Table 1. Approved Therapies for Autoimmune Disease and Their Targets Autoimmune diseases represent a wide range of disorders affecting specific organs or the entire body, all characterised by the ...

Biotechnology and life sciences companies Nuclera and Cytiva are combining technologies to accelerate the characterisation of proteins in drug development. The collaboration will merge Nuclera’s ...

Biopharmaceutical company NextCell Pharma is collaborating with life sciences company Fujifilm Irvine Scientific to provider standardised MSC products, optimised culture media and cryopreservation ...

(Editor's Note: Scientist Live is launching a new, interactive feature, The Scientist Audio Mailbag.Here's how it works: Each week, we select a current news item and then arrange an interview with the ...

While analysing data from Saskatchewan health databases, Lauren Brown, researcher with the U of A's School of Public Health, found people with a history of depression had a 30 per cent increased risk ...

A new analysis has found that certain variations in genes that repair DNA can affect a person's risk of developing Hodgkin disease. Published in the April 1, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed ...

Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have found for the first time that high pressure can be used to make a unique hydrogen-storage material. The discovery paves the way for an entirely new way to ...

Oestrogen may be a new postnatal therapy to improve lung function and other outcomes in preterm infants, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in an animal study. "Ironically, a ...

A decade after the conclusion of a schistosomiasis control program in Mali, prevalence of the disease had regressed to pre-intervention levels, according to a study published May 5 in the open-access ...

A new study of children in Ukraine has found that for the growing number of HIV-infected children, the quality of care and the relationship between children and their caregivers play an important role ...