Cover Stories
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Novel Nanomaterial Makes Targeted Lung Cancer Cells Evincible On Living Mice
Molecularly targeted therapy can provide cancer patients with treatments targeting cancerous cells and avoid unnecessary damages to non-cancer cells. However, it is a challenge to deliver the drug to just where the cancerous cells are located. When the drug is distributed to our body, the ultimate goal is to not let it go circulated throughout the body, for the sake of efficiency as well as safety. There is another thera-peutic challenge, which is to detect the metastasis as early as possible.
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A Covid-19 Antigen Rapid Test Kit Delivered
Today, Academia Sinica (AS) proudly announced that the first ever monoclonal antibody specifically binding nucleocapsid protein (N protein) of the coronavirus has been successfully generated and tested, a work done by Dr. An-Suei Yang and his team at Genome Research Center in AS. If successfully developed and manufactured, the rapid immune based test kit could prove very useful in detecting coronavirus within 20 minutes just like a rapid influenza test.
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Sandwich-Like Enhanced Iron-platinum Nanoparticle Promising for Liver Cancer Detection and Treatment
Liver cancer, commonly referred to as HCC (the abbreviation of Hepatocellular carci-noma) scientifically, has another nickname – Silent Killer. It is Silent because the majority of patients can feel nothing, it is a “Killer” because oftentimes it is already fatal when detected.
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Maintaining Redox Homeostasis: A Savior for Treating Motor Neuron Diseases and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Reactive Oxygen Species, aka. ROS, are naturally formed as our cells go through metabolism. They are also needed at times when our immune systems use it as weapons while performing duties.
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AS Mystery and Potential Cure Uncovered
Ankylosing Spondylitis, commonly referred to as “AS”, is a kind of disease that usually started with the inflammation in the pelvic area, extending to the vertebral column and eventually leading to “bamboo spine”, when patients cannot keep their backs straight up.
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RNA Editing: A New Angle to Conduct Gene Therapy
This is the first time to explore the association between RNA editing activities and the damaging effect of genetic mutations at a population scale.
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Naa10p Depletion Burns Fat
Diet-induced obesity (DIO) is a serious health, society and economy issue worldwide. Obesity greatly increases the risk of many life-threatening diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, and cancers.
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Exosome Proved a Rebel in Dengue Invasion
As the heat rises in the summer, so does the threat of Dengue fever outbreak. Despite of intensive research, there is no effective pharmaceutical treatments for Dengue fever.
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Glycans Promising To Fix Damaged Spinal Axons
An accident caused the spinal injury, and a person was sentenced to life time on wheels - such traumatic stories are not new, and all those paralyzed are still waiting for new medical breakthroughs.
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Hassle Free Influenza Vaccine Close to Reality
For almost a decade, the research team’s searching for an ideal influenza vaccine has been one of the most important research aims in GRC.
