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An experimental drug has shown potential as a disease-modifying therapy for Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. The peer-reviewed article titled ‘Knockout or inhibition of USP30 protects dopaminergic neurons in a Parkinson’s disease (PD) mouse model’ was the result of collaborative work between Cambridge University, Harvard Medical School, and Mission […]

The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), an SABCS cosponsor, will award two researchers for their significant contributions to breast cancer research at SABCS 2023, 5-9 December, at the Henry B González Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. 2023 AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research  Dr […]

The UK’s University of Oxford is taking the lead on two collaborative international projects to improve the response to new Covid-19 variants and contribute to future pandemic preparedness. Researchers at Harvard Medical School (HMS) in the US and the University of Oxford have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool named EVEscape that can predict […]

New research in mice has identified how gut bacteria alter the body’s response to PD-1 checkpoint blockade immunotherapy, currently used for the treatment of 25 forms of cancer. The findings could inform the design of treatments that boost the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy among patients with suboptimal response. The research by investigators at Harvard Medical […]

In a step forward for genetic engineering and synthetic biology, US researchers have modified E coli bacteria to be immune to infection by all natural viruses tested so far. The team used two safeguard methods to prevent the bacteria and their modified genes from escaping into the wild. The work promises to reduce the threats […]