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Cell culture platform recreates tumours in 3D
Scientists can use a 3D tumour structure to test several drugs or their combinations at different stages of the tumour's development. [ + ]
Predicting and detecting metastasis in prostate cancer
US scientists have found a way to differentiate the subset of patients with prostate cancer who require more aggressive management and treatment. [ + ]
ASM 2019 coming to Adelaide
The Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM) is excited to invite you to Adelaide for its annual national scientific conference (ASM 2019). [ + ]
Scientists combine influenza and pneumococcal vaccines
Scientists have developed a single vaccination approach to simultaneously combat influenza and pneumococcal infections, while enhancing protection against both. [ + ]
Biological tissue could be 3D printed
Researchers have been working to develop and optimise suitable bioinks for additive manufacturing, in the hope that we will soon be using 3D-printed biologically functional tissue to replace irreparably damaged tissue in the body. [ + ]
Imaging immune cells in the brain
Researchers in South Korea and Singapore have developed a chemical probe that enables live imaging of a type of immune cells in the brain, known as microglia, in a live animal brain. [ + ]
Oral vaccine could protect children from hep B
Oral vaccines are both safer and less expensive than injections, so researchers are continuously pursuing ways to produce an oral vaccine that is sufficiently effective. [ + ]
Meet the tiny cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex
A newly named tyrannosauroid dinosaur — Suskityrannus hazelae — stood less than a metre tall at the hip and was about 2.7 metres in length. [ + ]
What makes some cancer cells dormant?
Most will associate cancer with its fast growing cells that spread uncontrollably — but in fact, it's often the cancer cells that are dormant and inactive that pose the greatest threat. [ + ]
'Undetectable = untransmittable' holds up in HIV study
Researchers have shown that suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV reduces the virus load down to undetectable levels, meaning the virus is no longer transmissible. [ + ]
Positive phase I results for colorectal cancer vaccine
A new colorectal cancer vaccine, developed by US researchers, has shown positive results in a phase I clinical trial to demonstrate that the approach is safe. [ + ]
Black hole observed spraying plasma into space
Astronomers have discovered rapidly swinging jets coming from a black hole almost 8000 light-years from Earth — behaviour that has never before been observed on such short timescales. [ + ]
Science-based cryopreservation and cell thawing
How critical is quick thawing when working with mammalian cells, such as T cells used for cellular therapies? [ + ]
Peanut immunotherapy may be increasing allergic reactions
Despite effectively inducing desensitisation in the clinic, oral immunotherapy for peanut allergies appears to considerably increase allergic and anaphylactic reactions. [ + ]
Signalling protein may be Achilles heel of pancreatic cancer
Scientists have shown how pancreatic stellate cells become activated and secrete proteins to form a shell around the tumour in an attempt to wall off and contain it. [ + ]
