Medical Research

New immunotherapy approach boosts anti-tumor immune response by targeting glycan checkpoints

Researchers developed AbLecs to block glycan immune checkpoints, boosting immune attack on tumors and expanding immunotherapy options.

Blood protein patterns linked to risk of early death, study shows

Blood proteins correlate with mortality risk and could enhance early health risk detection beyond traditional factors.

MIT spinout Kano Therapeutics innovates safer DNA tools for gene therapy

Kano Therapeutics produces circular single-stranded DNA to make gene therapies safer and more effective, aiming to enable broader treatment options.

Digitising Human Bodies for Healthcare: Potential and Risks of the Internet of Beings

Embedding sensors in bodies to digitally monitor and treat health could revolutionize medicine but introduces complex security and ethical dilemmas.

Decoding the redox behaviour of copper in Ullmann-type coupling reactions

New research reveals the redox behavior of copper in Ullmann-type coupling reactions, challenging traditional mechanistic proposals.

Ask Ethan: What is the true purpose of scientific peer review?

Peer review is a critical but limited process in scientific publishing, often misunderstood as a guarantee of correctness.

Hundreds of new bacteria, and two potential antibiotics, discovered in soil

Researchers at Rockefeller University have developed a method to extract and sequence large DNA fragments from soil, uncovering hundreds of new bacterial genomes and two potential antibiotics. This innovative approach bypasses traditional...