A health boost from nature.
Access to nature increases city-dwellers’ physical activity and overall health. Researchers from Stanford University explain that parks, lakes, trees and other urban green spaces are a necessary part of creating more healthy, equitable, and sustainable cities.
Learn more from their article in PNAS: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/22/e2018472118
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Access to nature increases city-dwellers’ physical activity and overall health. Researchers from Stanford University explain that parks, lakes, trees and other urban green spaces are a necessary part of creating more healthy, equitable, and sustainable cities.
Learn more from their article in PNAS: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/22/e2018472118
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PNAS
An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health
Nature underpins human well-being in critical ways, especially in health. Nature provides pollination of nutritious crops, purification of drinking water, protection from floods, and climate security, among other well-studied health benefits. A crucial, yet…
Ending childhood respiratory infections.
Human parainfluenza viruses are the leading cause of childhood respiratory infections. There are currently no available vaccines for the most prevalent of these viruses. Research from the University of Wisconsin shows that engineering suitable short chunks of protein can prevent the attachment of human parainfluenza viruses to cells.
The work has recently been published in JACS: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c01565
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Human parainfluenza viruses are the leading cause of childhood respiratory infections. There are currently no available vaccines for the most prevalent of these viruses. Research from the University of Wisconsin shows that engineering suitable short chunks of protein can prevent the attachment of human parainfluenza viruses to cells.
The work has recently been published in JACS: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c01565
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ACS Publications
Engineering Protease-Resistant Peptides to Inhibit Human Parainfluenza Viral Respiratory Infection
The lower respiratory tract infections affecting children worldwide are in large part caused by the parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs), particularly HPIV3, along with human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus, enveloped negative-strand RNA viruses.…
Diagnosing prostate cancer with light.
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer globally in men, but rapid and accurate screening remains a challenge. Researchers from Chernivtsi National University & University of Oulu demonstrate a diagnostic method using polarized light that can quickly analyze prostate tissue samples for signs of cancer.
The results are published in Scientific Reports: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-83986-4
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Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer globally in men, but rapid and accurate screening remains a challenge. Researchers from Chernivtsi National University & University of Oulu demonstrate a diagnostic method using polarized light that can quickly analyze prostate tissue samples for signs of cancer.
The results are published in Scientific Reports: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-83986-4
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3D Mueller matrix mapping of layered distributions of depolarisation degree for analysis of prostate adenoma and carcinoma diffuse…
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Biosensing breast cancer.
Researchers at Universitat Politècnica de Valencia have developed a new biosensor device that can help detect breast cancer at its earliest stages. They use a liquid biopsy approach to rapidly, cheaply, and accurately analyse breast cancer biomarkers in blood samples.
Their work has been published in ACS Sensors: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.0c02222
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Researchers at Universitat Politècnica de Valencia have developed a new biosensor device that can help detect breast cancer at its earliest stages. They use a liquid biopsy approach to rapidly, cheaply, and accurately analyse breast cancer biomarkers in blood samples.
Their work has been published in ACS Sensors: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.0c02222
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ACS Publications
Nanoporous Anodic Alumina-Based Sensor for miR-99a-5p Detection as an Effective Early Breast Cancer Diagnostic Tool
Circulating microRNAs have emerged as potential diagnostic biomarkers. The deregulation of the microRNA miR-99a-5p has been previously described as an effective biomarker of early breast cancer. Herein, we present a new nanoporous anodic alumina (NAA)-based…
Viruses fighting cancer.
Researchers at the Luxembourg Institute of Health have developed a cancer-destroying virus that binds to laminins on the surface of cancer cells to gain entry to the cell before ultimately killing it. The viruses hold significant potential for deployment in targeted cancer therapies.
The work has recently been published in Nature Communications: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24034-7
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Researchers at the Luxembourg Institute of Health have developed a cancer-destroying virus that binds to laminins on the surface of cancer cells to gain entry to the cell before ultimately killing it. The viruses hold significant potential for deployment in targeted cancer therapies.
The work has recently been published in Nature Communications: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24034-7
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Nature
Oncolytic H-1 parvovirus binds to sialic acid on laminins for cell attachment and entry
Nature Communications - Rat H-1 parvovirus (H-1PV) is in clinical development for oncolytic therapy. Here, Kulkarni et al. identify LAMC1 as a modulator of H-1PV cell attachment and entry and find...