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Happy Holidays From AATB
As 2023 comes to a close, AATB would like to wish its members, partners, and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the AATB NewsBrief a look at some of the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Wednesday, January 10.
NEWS FROM THE FIELD
Researchers Can Now Visualize Osmotic Pressure in Living Tissue
Phys.org
Scientists have found a way to measure and visualize osmotic pressure, providing insights on how problems with cell pressure can contribute to disease.
Synthetic Melanin Nanoparticles Boost Wound Healing and Tissue Repair in Skin
News-Medical.Net
Study results found that melanin nanoparticles helped reduce inflammation and encourage wound healing in mice and human skin explants.
Flipping the Script on a Cancer Pathway to Regrow Nerves and Protect the Heart
Fierce Biotech
The drug 1938 targets enzymes in the PI3K family to increase the enzymes. These enzymes help regulate cell growth and an increase in the enzymes after using 1938 has resulted in less cell death.
Scientists Target Human Stomach Cells for Diabetes Therapy
ScienceDaily
Human stomach stem cells can be altered to secrete insulin, leading to a promising way to treat diabetes.
Successful Pre-Treatment Ovarian Fresh Tissue Transplantation in a Cervical Cancer Patient Undergoing Radiation Therapy: A Case Report
Cureus
In a new case, scientists were able to transplant fresh ovarian tissue to the inner tight subcutaneous tissue. In doing so, this the cervical cancer patient to undergo pelvic radiotherapy while keeping some ovarian tissue safe. This helps the patient maintain long-term hormone production.
Soft, Stretchable Electronic Skin Could Reconstruct the Sense of Touch
STAT
Skin is difficult to replicate, but engineering stretchable electronic skin could help the prosthetics function and look like the natural body.
Johns Hopkins Develops AI Tool That Can Detect Tumor Cell Interactions
Becker’s Hospital Review
The machine learning algorithm SpaceMarkers can measure gene expression with a tissue sample by using the location of the genes in the cells.
Novel Antibody Could Be Safer and More Effective Than Existing Treatments for Autoimmune Diseases
News-Medical.Net
According to new research published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, an antibody called Ab-IPL-IL-17™ targets sections of signaling proteins that play roles in the onset and progression of inflammation in autoimmune diseases.
How the Combination of Advanced Ultrasound and AI Could Upgrade Cancer Diagnostics
Medical Xpress
Researchers have found that thyroid cancer can be accurately diagnosed by pairing new ultrasound techniques with artificial intelligence.
Cabozantinib Combo Yields Disease Control in Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Cancer Network
In a new trial, patients receiving a regimen of drugs (nivolumab, ipilimumab, and cabozantinib) had an average progression-free survival (PFS) of 5.4 months. The average PFS for the group receiving only cabozantinib was 3.8 months.
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