Australian researchers are challenging decades-old assumptions about brain cancer treatment in a bid to make radiation therapy more effective against tumours, while reducing damage to healthy tissue.

Researchers completed the largest yet cosmological hydrodynamic simulation, called ASTRID, that traces the evolution of the universe from its earliest time to the present, designated as z = 0 and referring to a zero redshift of star light. 

FDA approval of Rasonque (daraxonrasib), represents a monumental shift in the treatment of pancreas cancer and demonstrates that RAS, one of the most important drivers of pancreatic cancer, can be successfully targeted.

Startup develops a sensor that measures interactions between molecules with high precision, which can reduce the time and costs of discovering drug candidates.

Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Europe (KIST Europe) and Saarland University are working together to develop an environmentally friendly method of detecting and removing heavy metals from water. The interdisciplinary team, which brings together expertise in molecular biology and physics, is based on the university’s Saarbrücken campus. The Saarland Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy is providing approximately €580,000 in funding through the European Regional Development Fund programme ‘Investment for Growth and Jobs’.

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory showed that more than 93 percent of possible E. coli CRISPR-Cas9 guide RNAs — molecules that direct the gene-editing CRISPR tool to the right spot in DNA — work as intended, far higher than researchers expected. They also discovered why a small number of guides fail and developed a simple way to repair them. 

For Rushika Muradi, a junior at The University of Texas at Arlington, a family experience sparked a passion for cardiovascular research that is now shaping her future career goals. Muradi took significant steps toward fulfilling her dream this summer as one of five students nationwide selected for the prestigious Cardio-SURPh summer research program at Loyola University Chicago.