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9-Jul-2025

Targeting stem-property and vasculogenic mimicry for sensitizing paclitaxel therapy of triple-negative breast cancer by biomimetic codelivery

Compuscript Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsb.2025.04.006

This new article publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, discusses targeting stem-property and vasculogenic mimicry for sensitizing paclitaxel therapy of triple-negative breast cancer by biomimetic codelivery.

Journal: Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B

9-Jul-2025

The American Society for Nutrition announces Washington, DC as Host City for NUTRITION 2026

American Society for Nutrition
Meeting Announcement

The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) is pleased to announce that NUTRITION 2026, its flagship annual meeting, will be held July 25–28, 2026, in National Harbor in Maryland, just outside Washington, DC.

9-Jul-2025

FDA-approved drugs could make nano-medicine safer, study finds

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international study led by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has identified a promising strategy to enhance the safety of nanomedicines, advanced therapies often used in cancer and vaccine treatments, by using drugs already approved by the FDA for unrelated conditions.

Journal: Science Advances

9-Jul-2025

Five common cancers (lung, stomach, colorectal, liver, and breast) occur more often in communities with low employment rates or low incomes, per analysis of 16 years of data on Japanese adults

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Five common cancers (lung, stomach, colorectal, liver, and breast) occur more often in communities with low employment rates or low incomes, per analysis of 16 years of data on Japanese adults

Journal: PLOS One

9-Jul-2025

Beckerle steps down after 20 years of distinguished service as Huntsman Cancer Institute CEO

Huntsman Cancer Institute
Business Announcement

After 20 years of transformative leadership, Mary Beckerle steps down as CEO and Brad Cairns is named successor to continue advancing cancer research and care across the Mountain West.

9-Jul-2025

Dr. Arjan Gower receives grant to study targeted therapy for early-stage lung cancer

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Grant and Award Announcement

Dr. Arjan Gower, a hematologist/oncologist at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, has received a research grant from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network to study a promising new targeted therapy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with rare EGFR mutations.

Funder: National Comprehensive Cancer Network

9-Jul-2025

Vanderbilt Health at forefront of improving head and neck surgery with fluorescence imaging to ‘light up’ nerves

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For the first time, a fluorescent-guided nerve imaging agent shows promise for use in humans, according to a paper published in Nature Communications. The study sought to evaluate the safety of bevonescein, a synthetic peptide-dye conjugate thought to be applicable for intraoperative nerve-specific fluorescence imaging.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

9-Jul-2025

Packing DNA on time for cell division

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell’s nucleus, explaining why it must be constantly folded and packaged. When it is time for cell division, and the genetic information needs to be passed on to the next generation, DNA must be packed particularly tightly, else serious consequences for a cell’s viability might ensue. In a trans-European team effort, researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology in Dortmund (MPI), the Netherlands Cancer Institute, and the Human Technopole in Milan have now discovered a molecular switch that regulates DNA packing into the typical sausage-shaped chromosomes observed during cell division. The discovery of this central mechanism for cell division has many potential applications in medicine and biotechnology.

Journal: Molecular Cell

9-Jul-2025

Updated scientific guidelines advance donor selection process for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant

Padilla
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MINNEAPOLIS, July 9, 2025 – NMDP^SM, a global nonprofit leader in cell therapy, and its collaborative research program, CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research®), have released revised donor and cord blood selection guidelines to enhance transplant outcomes for patients. Published in peer-reviewed Journal of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, the updated guidelines usher in a new era of clinical clarity and standardization around donor choice in hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) – enabling transplant centers and researchers access to the latest evidence-based methods for selecting suitable donors for patients who have the 75+ blood cancers and disorders for which transplant is a potential curative therapy.

Journal: Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

9-Jul-2025

The evolution of cancer cells decoded

German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cancer does not develop overnight. It can take decades for cancer-promoting changes in the genome to eventually lead to the formation of a malignant tumor. Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have now developed a method that allows for the first time to reconstruct the temporal development—the evolution—of cancerous cells from a single tissue sample. This special type of evolutionary research is still in its infancy. The researchers' vision is to use the new method to detect cancer at an early stage, with the ultimate goal of possibly even intercepting the process.

Journal: Nature Genetics