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Kidney tumour organoids offer new drug testing platform
Scientists in China have used 3D bioprinting to grow kidney tumours from patients’ own cells, creating realistic models that could speed up development of personalised treatments.
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Elucidating the aggregation rules for short peptides
The findings could aid the design of more stable drugs and improve the understanding of diseases linked to peptide aggregation.
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New small molecule blocks immune response signalling pathway
A new small molecule has great promise for the treatment of autoimmune diseases by inhibiting the proinflammatory signalling pathway.
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Neutralising COVID-19 therapeutic antibodies
The Omicron variant of the SARS CoV-2 virus has previously had a number of break-through infections. However, researchers have discovered that antibodies present in previously infected patients can neutralise variants of the COVID-19 disease.
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Potential in situ and in vivo bioprinting method developed by researchers
Researchers have developed a way for a microrobot to bioprint new cells directly onto gastric wounds inside the body, which they tested in cells.
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Scientists demonstrate how COVID-19 infects human cells
Researchers have used cryogenic electron microscopy to show that coronaviruses enter human cells through an interaction with angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2).
