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Researchers ‘listen in’ to embryo-mother interactions during implantation using a culture system replicating the womb lining

Babraham Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Endometrial model will revolutionise what we know about embryo development during implantation, supporting our understanding of the causes of early pregnancy loss and serious pregnancy complications.

Journal: Cell
Funder: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Night shifts aren’t just tiring, they can be deadly

Texas A&M University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research reveals that disrupting our internal body clock weakens immune defenses and fuels aggressive cancer — while pointing to a promising new treatment.

Journal: Oncogene

The Crop Journal study uncovers gene that controls wheat yield and nutrition

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Their results could guide the development of healthier and more productive wheat lines.

Journal: The Crop Journal

"See-and-treat" solution for stroke via quantum dot-engineered extracellular vesicles derived from human exfoliated deciduous teeth stem cells

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have developed a novel "theragnostic" approach for ischemic stroke using extracellular vesicles derived from human exfoliated deciduous teeth stem cells (SHED-EVs). Engineered with quantum dots, these vesicles allow for real-time imaging of the blood-brain barrier while simultaneously scavenging harmful reactive oxygen species to reduce brain injury.

Journal: Translational Dental Research
Funder: China Postdoctoral Innovation Science Foundation, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Wuhan Knowledge Innovation Special Project, Innovative Research Team of High-level Local Universities in Shanghai, International Science and Technology Cooperation Project of Hubei Province, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, National Natural Science Foundation of China

LRMs cathode based all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries with an energy density beyond 400 Wh kg-1

Higher Education Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Cr-substituted LRMs with high capacity and stability is successfully fabricated for high energy-density solid-state batteries.

Journal: Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica

Construction of pH-responsive Lycium barbarum-derived carbon dots nanovaccines for enhanced anti-tumor immunotherapy

Higher Education Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This study developed a pH-responsive nanovaccine (Lyc-OVA) based on Lycium barbarum-derived carbon dots (Lyc-CDs) synthesized via a green hydrothermal method, which suppressed primary/distal tumor growth by activating CD4⁺CD8⁺ T cells, reducing immunosuppressive Treg/MDSC populations, and reshaping the tumor immune microenvironment.

Journal: Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica

Netrin-1, a neural guidance protein, restricts hepatitis b virus infection

Kanazawa University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences report in PLOS Pathogens a novel role for the neural guidance protein Netrin-1 in hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.

Journal: PLOS Pathogens

Dresden study uncovers new key mechanism in cancer cells

Technische Universität Dresden
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study by the Mildred Scheel Early Career Center group led by Dr. Mohamed Elgendy at the TUD Faculty of Medicine provides fundamental insights into cancer biology. Published in the renowned journal Nature Communications, the study shows for the first time that the protein MCL1 not only inhibits programmed cell death, but also plays a central role in tumor metabolism.

Journal: Nature Communications

Scientists map the human genome in 4D

Northwestern University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a landmark effort to understand how the physical structure of our DNA influences human biology, Northwestern investigators and the 4D Nucleome Project have unveiled the most detailed maps to date of the genome’s three‑dimensional organization across time and space, according to a new study published in Nature.

Journal: Nature
Funder: National Institutes of Health Common Fund (The 4D Nucleome Project)