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Tag: cancer

Dr. Dinesh Medipally, Biophysicist Biology Genetics and Heredity Get to Know a Scientist 

Meet a Biophysicist: Dr. Dinesh Medipally

March 21, 2022March 22, 2022 Science Connectedbiophysics, cancer, disease

A biophysicist studies chemical and physical principles of living things and of biological processes, such as cell development and disease.

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Trojan horse cancer treatment Biology Chemistry Health 

Cancer Treatment from a DNA “Trojan Horse”

August 17, 2021December 14, 2021 Science Connectedcancer, dna

Scientists have crafted a cancer-fighting Trojan horse by making folded DNA and filling the tiny pockets with anti-cancer drugs.

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The immune system has protective cells to keep our bodies healthy, but what can we do when the cells protect a tumor, and can we use the immune system to treat cancer? Health 

Using the Immune System to Treat Cancer

August 16, 2021December 14, 2021 Science Connectedcancer, immune system, medicine

Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered a novel way to attack tumors using the body’s own immune system to treat cancer. 

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A compound found in green tea stabilizes an anti-cancer protein known as the "guardian of the genome." Photo courtesy of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Chemistry Health 

How a Green Tea Antioxidant Helps Fight Cancer

March 11, 2021December 14, 2021 Science Connectedcancer

Green tea has many health benefits, but how does it work? New research reveals one mechanism behind green tea’s anti-cancer properties.

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dinosaur cancer Biology Health Paleontology 

The Case of Malignant Cancer in a Dinosaur

November 2, 2020April 7, 2021 Science Connectedcancer, dinosaur, extinction, paleontology

Did cancer kill the dinosaurs? A deformed dinosaur bone has given a glimpse of life as a 77-million-year-old cancer “survivor.”

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Killing Cancer Cells Health 

Killing Cancer From the Inside

October 26, 2020December 14, 2021 Science Connectedcancer, medicine, proteins

Scientists have found a new way to defeat cancer by killing cancer cells without harming the patient.

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How Do Big Sharks Beat Cancer? Biology Health Oceanography Zoology 

How Do Big Sharks Beat Cancer?

February 1, 2017April 16, 2021 Science Connectedcancer, genes, immunology, sharks

Large sharks are known to heal rapidly and resist cancer. Could humans possibly learn how sharks do it and copy them?

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Tasmanian Devils Fight Facial Cancer Biology Health Zoology 

Tasmanian Devils Fight Facial Cancer

November 9, 2016May 4, 2021 Science Connectedcancer, marsupials

Tasmanian devils are the largest remaining marsupial carnivore. They are social and aggressive, and they’re suffering from facial tumors.

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Spotlight: Environment

A wheat field in the Mpika District, Muchinga Province, Zambia, showing symptoms of wheat blast during the outbreak of March 2018. Credit: Batiseba Tembo, Zambia Agriculture Research Institute; license CC by 4.0 Biology Botany Ecology Environment 

Genomics Takes On Crop Disease

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 Science Connectedagriculture, crops, ecology, environment, genome, pathogens, plants
Genomics opens the way for scientists to track where and which plants are affected most by rapidly spreading pathogens.
Earth Day 2020 Environment 

Earth Day: Get Informed, Get Involved

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 Science Connectedenvironmental health
Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22. Learn more and find out how to get involved in an Earth...
A stream filling a glass of water. Water quality may be headed for a rise as scientists work to develop new technology that uses bacteria to detect harmful heavy metals in water.

Water Quality Monitoring by Bacterial Biosensors

March 20, 2023March 14, 2023 Science Connectedbacteria, heavy metals, water contamination, water pollution, water testing
People putting plastic bottles in recycling bin.

Bacteria Has Natural Capacity to Recycle Plastics

March 10, 2023March 9, 2023 Science Connectedbacteria, plastic pollution, recycling
Researchers have developed a recycling system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products–using just the energy from the sun. Image credit: University of Cambridge

Sunlight Powers Recycling of Carbon Dioxide and Plastic

February 15, 2023February 14, 2023 Science Connectedbiofuel, carbon dioxide, plastic pollution, recycling, solar power
Brown algae are particularly widespread on rocky shores in temperate and cold latitudes and there absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide from the air worldwide. Credit: Hagen Buck-Wiese/Max Planck Institute For Marine Microbiology

How Brown Algae Mucus Combats Carbon Dioxide

February 10, 2023February 14, 2023 Science Connectedalgae, carbon dioxide, carbon fixing, climate change, seawater
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