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Making the Most of Membrane Protein Production
Learn how cell-free protein synthesis helps researchers overcome the challenges of traditional membrane protein production ...
Earth.com5d
Toxic mold found in ancient tombs has been engineered into a promising cancer drug
Scientists discovered a cancer-fighting compound in mold from ancient tombs, revealing a powerful new drug against leukemia.
Deadly Mold That Killed 10 Scientists Could Soon Save Thousands
The mystery deepened in the 1970s when a team of scientists entered the tomb of Polish king Casimir IV. Within weeks, 10 out ...
New Atlas5d
King Tut's killer tomb fungus redeems itself as a powerful cancer fighter
A fungus that is thought to have claimed the lives of several excavators working on King Tutankhamun's burial site has had a ...
Notorious Fungus Blamed for ‘Mummy’s Curse’ Is Now a Promising Cancer Treatment
A dreaded fungus known to inhabit tombs has been reconstituted as a treatment for leukemia and is performing as effectively ...
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Deadly fungus found in tomb turned into leukemia treatment
A little over 100 years ago, King Tutankhamun’s tomb was opened in Egypt, releasing rumors of a curse. Today, researchers ...
Researchers turn toxic fungus into potent anti-cancer compound
A team of US researchers has turned a deadly fungus into a potent cancer-fighting compound, according to a new study.The ...
Widely used fungicide found to be driving C. tropicalis infections
Candida tropicalis infections are on the rise due to azole resistance driven by tebuconazole, a fungicide used in agriculture ...
eLife10d
WRN and WRNIP1 ATPases impose high fidelity on translesion synthesis by Y-family DNA polymerases
It follows a previous report showing that the Werner syndrome protein WRN and its interacting protein WRNIP1 are indispensable for translesion DNA synthesis (TLS) by Y-family DNA polymerases (Pols).