Tech & Engineering
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Targeting collagen signaling boosts drug delivery in pancreatic cancer
Okayama UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
Researchers from Okayama University and Tohoku University have discovered that targeting collagen signaling through the discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) enhances drug delivery and reverses therapy-induced resistance in pancreatic cancer. Their study shows that DDR1 inhibition improves macromolecular drug penetration and mitigates fibrosis triggered by MEK inhibitors, offering new hope for more effective treatment strategies.
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), COI-NEXT Program, Okayama University, Harmonic Ito Foundation, Inamori Foundation, Hokuto Foundation for Bioscience, Research Foundation for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan Foundation for Applied Enzymology, Pancreas Research Foundation of Japan, Sanyo Broadcasting Foundation Ryobi Teien Memory Foundation, KAWASAKI Foundation for Medical Science and Medical Welfare
New UV-triggered packaging technology extends shelf life of chilled meat
Maximum Academic Press- Journal
- Food Materials Research
New program combines environmental engineering and international cooperation
Università di TrentoGrant and Award Announcement
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- Erasmus+
New sensor technology can detect life-threatening complications after intestinal surgery at an earlier stage
Technische Universität DresdenPeer-Reviewed Publication
An interdisciplinary research team from Dresden University of Technology (TUD), Rostock University Medical Centre (UMR) and Dresden University Hospital has developed an innovative, implantable and fully absorbable sensor film. For the first time, it enables reliable early detection of circulatory disorders in intestinal anastomoses – one of the riskiest surgical procedures in the abdominal cavity. The results have now been presented in the renowned journal ‘Advanced Science’.
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- Advanced Science
CRISPR-edited pig stem cells pave way for large-scale lab-grown meat
Maximum Academic PressA research team has developed a serum-free system combined with CRISPR/Cas gene editing that enables long-term expansion and efficient muscle differentiation of porcine satellite cells, laying the foundation for scalable and sustainable cultured meat production.
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- Food Materials Research
Study explains why new kinds of steel needed to build lead cooled reactors
KTH, Royal Institute of TechnologyPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- Corrosion Science
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- Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, Sustainable Nuclear Energy Research in Sweden, Energimyndigheten, Horizon EUROPE Euratom, Vetenskapsrådet