As an international competition that places a premium on creative thinking and the development of a research community of all ages, iGEM is helping synthetic biology grow. Imagine a generic cure ...

Often known as the central science, it is a creative discipline chiefly concerned with atomic and molecular structure and its change, for instance through chemical reactions. One electron σ-bonds ...

New research into a chemical from a caterpillar fungus, known for its potential as a cancer treatment, has shown how it interacts with genes to disrupt cell growth signals. This finding marks a ...

Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors show potential in reducing tau protein buildup, offering new therapeutic avenues for neurodegenerative diseases like tauopathies.

In a major leap toward more effective cancer treatments, researchers at the University of Oulu have developed an innovative ...

A drug commonly used to treat glaucoma has been shown in zebrafish and mice to protect against the build-up in the brain of ...

A common drug used to treat glaucoma has shown promise for neurodegenerative disease. The drug was able to prevent the ...

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A team led by Prof. Wang Chao and Prof. Huang Chengdong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the ...

Animal studies have shown the potential of a drug commonly used to treat glaucoma -- a chronic eye disease -- in fighting against dementia. Researchers in the UK Dementia Research Institute at the ...