A 4-year-old girl who received CAR-T cell therapy 18 years ago has remained cancer-free, making her possibly the longest-surviving patient with cancer to receive this tailored treatment. Researchers have been studying the effectiveness of CAR-T cell therapy in treating solid tumors, including neuroblastoma, and have seen promising results. The treatment involves removing immune cells from…
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A team of scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has made a groundbreaking discovery about the supermassive black hole M87*. By analyzing observations from 2017 and 2018, the researchers found that the black hole’s rotational axis points away from Earth and that turbulence within the accretion disc plays a significant role in changing its…
Microsoft has announced the creation of the first ‘topological qubits’, a breakthrough in quantum computing that could lead to the development of more efficient and scalable quantum computers. The company’s research team has successfully demonstrated the existence of topological qubits using a superconducting nanowire device, which could potentially protect information from noise and errors. While…
Researchers in the US have developed a new technique using frequency combs to measure trace concentrations of gas molecules with unprecedented sensitivity. This breakthrough could open up new applications in medicine, environmental chemistry, and chemical kinetics, enabling the detection of biomedically relevant molecules in exhaled air, such as acetone and formaldehyde. Forecast for 6 months:…
Researchers in Chile have discovered that fog harvesting can be a practical supplement to stave off water stress in desert cities. By collecting tiny droplets of fog, cities in arid regions can reduce their reliance on groundwater, which is often depleted by mining and agriculture. The study found that it’s possible to collect up to…
Scientists have discovered a radioactive anomaly in the deep ocean, which could be evidence of a previously unknown cosmic event or a major change in ocean circulation. The anomaly, which is made up of beryllium-10, was found in rocks located deep beneath the ocean and has a half-life of 1.4 million years. Researchers are now…
Scientists have released the biggest-ever artificial-intelligence (AI) model for biology, called Evo 2, which can write whole chromosomes and small genomes from scratch. This model has been trained on 128,000 genomes spanning the tree of life and can make sense of existing DNA, including hard-to-interpret ‘non-coding’ gene variants linked to disease. The developers see Evo…
Rare Disease Day has brought attention to the challenges of treating conditions that affect fewer than 65 people per 100,000. However, recent developments in the field of biotechnology have brought hope to patients with rare diseases. Seven drugs are poised to be approved in 2025, including diazoxide choline for Prader-Willi syndrome, fitusiran for hemophilia A…
Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have made a groundbreaking discovery in understanding the role of mechanical forces in the development of an entire organism from a single cell. By studying the behavior of fruit fly epithelial tissue, the team has identified a power law that explains why the tissue stretches as…
A team of researchers has developed a generative AI engine that can create coherent, immersive video-game worlds that respond to player inputs. The engine, called WHAM, was trained on 500,000 anonymized game sessions of the online multiplayer game Bleeding Edge and can generate a range of gameplay slices while maintaining consistency with the original game’s…