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HPV vaccine saves thousands of women from cervical cancer, UK study shows
Posted in Medicine on 13th Nov, 2021
by Alex Muller
The NHS vaccination programme to prevent cervical cancer has so far stopped thousands of women from developing the disease and experiencing pre-cancerous changes to cells, a study has found.
Study opens a window for new therapeutic approaches to ovarian cancer
Posted in Medicine on 11th Nov, 2021
by Alex Muller
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncovered a cellular interaction that is essential to the ability of the immune system's cytotoxic T lymphocytes to destroy ovarian tumors and shown that its engagement could help determine the efficacy of checkpoint blockade immunotherapy in a variety of cancers.
Pesticides might be worse for bees than we thought
Posted in Science on 6th Aug, 2021
by Alex Muller
“Wild bees are really important, and those are the bees that are doing really badly,”
Deepmind’s Alphafold, Deep Learning AI, is Poised to Solve One of Most Significant Challenges in Biology
Posted in Medicine, Reviews, Science on 27th Jul, 2021
by Alex Muller
Thanks to AI, we now have stunningly powerful tools to decode the structures of life. Recently, both DeepMind and the University of Washington described deep learning-based methods to solve protein folding, the last step of compiling the programming in our DNA, as a “once in a generation advance.”
Understanding new resting phase of stem cells could help put glioma tumors to sleep
Posted in Medicine on 2nd Jul, 2021
by Alex Muller
"That was an interesting finding from our results, that quiescence itself could be a different biological process," Plaisier says. "It's also a potential point where we could look for new drug treatments. If we could push more cells into that quiescent state, the tumors would become less aggressive."