Preventing Hair Loss From Cancer Treatment
Hair loss is a common side effect of chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer treatment. It not only brings psychosocial stress to the patients but also…
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A Novel Strategy To Enhance Immunotherapy By Interleukin 2 Tethered To Its Receptor
Interleukin-2 a cytokine secreted by T cells has stimulating effects on T cells and natural killer (NK) cells. Systemic IL2 administration could, therefore, enhance NK-mediated…
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Clinical Cancer Drugs Identified As Inhibitors Of Inflammatory Signaling
Imatinib (sold as Gleevec) is a breakthrough cancer drug approved in 2001 for the treatment of Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML). It was designed to inhibit…
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The Use Of Metamaterials For New Information Systems
Metamaterial has gradually cemented its place in the past 20 years as an area of exciting research and drawn broad attention from the physics and…
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Avalanche Destruction Zone & Its Impact On Old Growth Forests
Mountains are exposed to mass movements such as landslides, debris flows, and snow avalanches. These hazards affect valley slopes and endanger human settlements. They may…
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Investigating Mechanisms Of Cancer Cell-Intrinsic CYP Monooxygenases That Contribute To Tumor Progression
There has been great interest in finding structural targets in cancer for the widely prescribed type 2 diabetes drug metformin. Metformin is a synthetic product…
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Resource Supply Chains Under Threat From Climate Change
The human race relies heavily on what the earth has to offer: minerals from underground, food from land and sea. We know how important these…
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Global Adaptation Governance: Why It’s Weak In Precision And Obligation
In Paris in December 2015, states established a new ‘global goal on adaptation’ at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This goal…
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From Magic Bullet To Magic Pump Gun: Multi-targeting Drugs For Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by complex and multifactorial mechanisms, which are not completely understood. In particular, the molecular causes of many neurodegenerative diseases have not…
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Using Remote Sensing To Measure Crop Growth And Management
In most East and Southeast Asia countries, mosaic crop production systems usually consist of relatively small land holdings ( < 2 ha), which are managed…
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Comparison Of Dietary Fibre Composition Of Old & Modern Durum Wheat Genotypes
As the dominant staple crop in temperate regions of the world, wheat provides between 20% to 50% of the total intake of calories in our…
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