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As an editorial team, we aim to share news about our study experiences and recent research with fellow early scientists in training. We hope to immerse our readers in new developments and debates taking place in the wider life sciences community.
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The Hidden Battle Between Tumors and Your Immune System
The battle between the immune system and cancerous cells can be described as a war between cells in the human body. What are they fighting over? Nutrients, especially cholesterol.
Visualizing the Invisible: From Animalcules to Advanced Imaging
In the 17th century, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch merchant, looked through his homemade microscope and discovered a hidden world of “animalcules” in a drop of water. These “little animals”, later identified as bacteria, sparked a revolution in microbiology (1). The simple yet clear terminology of Van Leeuwenhoek laid the foundation for the hidden world…
3D: The future of drug development
3D organ and disease models better resemble human physiology in multiple ways. Unlike two-dimensional models, they can recreate the complex environment of human tissue and organs.
How long before your lab internship takes place from home?
by Sara Said
During the lockdown four years ago, traditional lab internships faced significant challenges as lock-down did not allow students to leave their homes. Students were left without hands-on experience crucial for their scientific development. Many practical sessions were replaced with video recordings or data analysis tasks, which lacked the immersive, hands-on training students…
Dendritic cells: The key in the battle against HIV
By: Silvia Tosolini
As finding a cure for HIV feels like a maze of locked doors, dendritic cells (DCs) emerge as the master key, unlocking the path to finding new treatment possibilities. HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that infects the body’s immune system. Presently, there is no effective cure: once people have it,…
From puzzle pieces to personalized medicine: how biomarkers tailor cancer therapy
Each person’s cancer has a unique combination of pieces in their puzzle. Partly due to the complexity of everyone’s genetic profile, it is challenging to develop effective one-size-fits-all therapy that targets all the cells within the tumour. Therefore, it has been suggested that treatment should be tailored to individual patients based on the specific characteristics…