US Man Still Alive Six Months After Pig Kidney Transplant
US Man Still Alive Six Months After Pig Kidney Transplant Summary A 67-year-old US man, Tim Andrews, remains alive more than six months after receiving a kidney from a genetically…
This is the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’: its goal is to stop dengue
This is the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’: its goal is to stop dengue Summary The Wolbito do Brasil facility in Curitiba is the world’s largest factory producing Aedes aegypti mosquitoes…
Depriving brain tumours of an amino acid could enhance chemotherapy
Summary Glioblastoma, the most aggressive adult brain cancer with a five-year survival below 5%, relies not only on glucose but also on the amino acid serine as an alternative carbon…
Compression causes cancer cells to start spreading
Compression causes cancer cells to start spreading Summary A zebrafish model of melanoma shows that mechanical compression from surrounding tissues can flip cancer cells from a proliferative state into an…
The diversity of microbial enzymes that turn a pollutant into an inert gas
The diversity of microbial enzymes that turn a pollutant into an inert gas Summary Reductase enzymes convert the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) into harmless dinitrogen (N2). A new…
Cocaine-activated ion channels engineered to break the loop of addiction in rats
Cocaine-activated ion channels engineered to break the loop of addiction in rats Summary Researchers have engineered ion channels that are selectively activated by cocaine and that can either stimulate or…
Damaged bridges flex and twist to prevent collapse
Damaged bridges flex and twist to prevent collapse Summary Steel truss bridges — built from connected frames of members — can sometimes avoid catastrophic failure when a load-bearing element breaks…
Adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing
Adaptive and context-aware volumetric printing Summary This Nature paper introduces GRACE (Generative, Adaptive, Context-Aware 3D Printing), a workflow that combines tomographic volumetric printing with light-sheet imaging, computer vision and parametric…
3D-printed micro ion trap technology for quantum information applications
3D-printed micro ion trap technology for quantum information applications Summary This Nature paper demonstrates a route to fabricate miniature trapped-ion electrode structures using high-resolution two-photon polymerisation (2PP) 3D printing, followed…
A nanobody specific to prefusion glycoprotein B neutralizes HSV-1 and HSV-2
A nanobody specific to prefusion glycoprotein B neutralizes HSV-1 and HSV-2 Summary This Nature paper reports the discovery and structural characterisation of a prefusion-specific nanobody (Nb1_gbHSV) that neutralises both HSV-1…