Tools & Techniques Cancer

The Rise of ctDNA, Part Two

| Michael Schubert

Circulating tumor DNA profiling can yield new insights into early-stage lung cancer evolution.

Tools & Techniques Cancer

The Rise of ctDNA, Part One

| Roisin McGuigan

New ctDNA assays could make more metastatic melanoma cases detectable.

Research Field Cell & molecular biology

The Extraocular Muscles in ALS: A Research Riddle

| Anton Tjust

Could the preservation of the eye muscles in ALS provide a new outlook on a deadly disease?

Research Field Animal models

Womb with a View

| Roisin McGuigan

Will premature infants soon be able to return to a uterine environment to finish their development?

Research Field Biomedical engineering

Lab-Grown Bone

| Roisin McGuigan

Engineered biomaterial supports donor blood marrow.

Tools & Techniques Cancer

Cracking Cancer’s Code

| Roisin McGuigan

Sitting Down With George Calin, Professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA.

Research Field Drug discovery

Here Be Dragons

| Rich Whitworth

Antimicrobial peptides found in Komodo dragon plasma provide inspiration for new antibiotics.

Research Field Diagnostics & prognostics

A PCR Technique Out of Left Field

| Joanna Cummings

Using left-handed DNA to better monitor and control PCR.

Research Field Clinical trials

Reuse, Recycle, Regenerate

| Roisin McGuigan

Two repurposed drugs prevent neurodegeneration in mice – and both are already in clinical use.

Tools & Techniques Cell & gene therapy

Small(er) Sequence, Big(ger) Promise

| Ruth Steer

CRISPR gene editing with a newly characterized orthologue may bring the approach closer to the clinic.

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