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Groundbreaking research unlocks precision therapy for drug-resistant leukaemia

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Groundbreaking research unlocks precision therapy for drug-resistant leukaemia

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have identified an inherited genetic variation prevalent among East Asians that contributes to drug resistance, driving the aggressive growth of cancer cells in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia. To address this, the team’s pioneering approach involves inhibiting the action of a protein called MCL-1, with laboratory studies … Read more

Groundbreaking study provides new evidence of when Earth was slushy

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Groundbreaking study provides new evidence of when Earth was slushy

At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a slushy planet. Results from a Virginia Tech-led study provide the first direct geochemical evidence of the slushy planet — otherwise known as the “plumeworld ocean” era — when sky-high carbon dioxide levels … Read more

Scientist on personal mission to improve global water safety makes groundbreaking discovery

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Scientist on personal mission to improve global water safety makes groundbreaking discovery

A study led by the University of Bristol shedding new light on how arsenic can be made less dangerous to humans has the potential to dramatically improve water and food safety, especially in the Global South. For the lead researcher it’s an academic and personal mission because he witnessed first-hand the constant struggle to find … Read more