Starving tumors by blocking glutamine uptake
Scientists have identified a drug candidate that blocks the uptake of glutamine, a key food source for many tumors, and slows the growth of melanoma......»»
Mechanisms for removal of strong, replication-blocking lesions generated by the human HMCES protein
Researchers at Nagoya University and Osaka University in Japan have found novel repair pathways of apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites of DNA. Repair of the base excision, which repairs AP sites, is an essential mechanism for cell survival. Its dysfunct.....»»
Twitter just realized it was dumb to cut off automated public service tweets
Twitter reversed what may have been its least popular change yet under Musk. Enlarge (credit: CHANDAN KHANNA / Contributor | AFP) Of all the changes Elon Musk has made to Twitter, blocking emergency and public transit se.....»»
Pornhub shocks Utah by restricting access over age-verification law
State senator says he "did not expect adult porn sites to be blocked in Utah." Since Monday, Pornhub has begun blocking access for all Utah visitors, taking a strong stance against the state's recently passed age-verification.....»»
Pornhub blocks access in Utah over age verification law
Some of the internet's biggest adult websites, including Pornhub, are now blocking access to Utah users over a new age verification law that takes effect on Wednesday......»»
Code42 adds real-time blocking capabilities to the Incydr IRM solution
At RSA Conference 2023, Code42 announced that it has added real-time blocking capabilities to the Incydr IRM solution. The enhancement allows security teams to prevent unacceptable data exfiltration without the management burden, inaccuracy, and endp.....»»
Hungry eyes: Spiders lose vision when they"re starving
Biologists at the University of Cincinnati discovered that underfed jumping spiders lose light-sensitive cells that are key to their vision......»»
Implantable device, smaller than a grain of rice, shown to shrink pancreatic tumors
Houston Methodist nanomedicine researchers have found a way to tame pancreatic cancer—one of the most aggressive and difficult to treat cancers—by delivering immunotherapy directly into the tumor with a device that is smaller than a grain of rice.....»»
ThreatX Runtime API & Application Protection goes beyond basic observability
ThreatX has unveiled ThreatX Runtime API & Application Protection (RAAP). This patent-pending capability goes beyond basic observability to extend threat detection, tracking and blocking to customers’ runtime environments, without slowing developer.....»»
Surprise finding shows that neutrophils can be key antitumor weapons
White blood cells called neutrophils have an unappreciated role in eradicating solid tumors, according to a surprise discovery from a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists......»»
COVID-19 causes chaos in infected cells" RNA, finds study
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hijacks parts of infected cells' vital RNA machinery, thereby blocking important functions in the cells. These damaging changes in the RNA can likely be reversed, potentially leading to new drugs against COVID-19, Unive.....»»
Exchange Online will soon start blocking emails from old, vulnerable on-prem servers
Slowly but surely, Microsoft aims to make it impossible for unsupported and/or unpatched on-prem Microsoft Exchange servers to use the company’s Exchange Online hosted cloud service to deliver email. Blocking potentially malicious emails from r.....»»
How blocking cell wall formation stops bacterial cell division
Researchers still do not understand exactly how antibiotics kill bacteria. However, this understanding is necessary to develop new antibiotics. And that is precisely what is urgently needed, because bacteria are currently showing more and more resist.....»»
"Uncharted territory": South Sudan"s four years of flooding
It had not rained properly for months but the floods kept coming, inching up the mud-earth fortifications that stood between Bentiu's marooned and starving people and the endless water beyond......»»
Threat actors are experimenting with QR codes
Hackers are diversifying attack methods, including a surge in QR code phishing campaigns, according to HP. From February 2022, Microsoft began blocking macros in Office files by default, making it harder for attackers to run malicious code. Data coll.....»»
FCC orders phone companies to block scam text messages
First robotext rule requires blocking of texts from invalid and unused numbers. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | B4LLS) The Federal Communications Commission today finalized rules requiring mobile carriers to block robote.....»»
Firefox just got a great new way to protect your privacy
Mozilla’s Firefox web browser has always been focused on privacy, and it’s just integrated a helpful tool that will make blocking email trackers even easier......»»
Blocking gene that inhibits root growth may enhance drought resistance in crops
A strong root system allows crops to absorb water and nutrients from the soil, but scientists have little information about the genes that control root development. Recent research published in New Phytologist reveals that blocking a negative regulat.....»»
Brain tumor discovery paves way for new drug treatments
New research has shown that the blood vessels that feed aggressive brain tumors have receptors that could allow a new type of drug-containing nanoparticle to be used to starve the tumors of the energy they use to grow and spread, and also cause other.....»»
Light-induced acceleration of intracellular delivery
Cell membranes are barriers that maintain cellular homeostasis, and the intracellular delivery of biologically functional molecules, including peptides, proteins, and nucleic acids to manipulate cellular functions. Conventional intracellular uptake p.....»»
Apple cracks down on ChatGPT apps with harsh age ratings
Apple is currently blocking the BlueMail ChatGPT integration update due to the app developer disputing its age restriction of 17 and older......»»