The Parable of the World’s Largest Bee

The Parable of the World’s Largest Bee

[ad_1] While working as a curatorial assistant at the American Museum of Natural History, Eli Wyman learned about a very unusual bee that was presumed to be extinct. The bee, Megachile pluto, also known as Wallace’s giant bee, is a massive unit. It is the largest bee in the world, four times larger than a…

Tech can ‘offset’ cancer gaps – AstraZeneca chief

Tech can ‘offset’ cancer gaps – AstraZeneca chief

[ad_1] Seventy per cent of nearly 10 million cancer-related deaths in 2020 occurred in low-and middle-income countries, according to the World Health Organization. And the cancer mortality rate in these countries is likely underestimated because many countries lack adequate cancer registries and reporting systems. Meanwhile, the price of cancer treatments has been steadily increasing during…

New pathway for DNA transfer discovered in tumor microenvironment

New pathway for DNA transfer discovered in tumor microenvironment

[ad_1] Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain University of Notre Dame researchers have discovered another way tumor cells transfer genetic material to other cells in their microenvironment, causing cancer to spread. In their latest study, published in Cell Reports, Crislyn D’Souza-Schorey, the Morris Pollard Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and collaborators discovered that DNA “cargo”…