Bacteria encode post-mortem protein catabolism that enables altruistic nutrient recycling by Gibson, SER, Frost, I, Hierons, SJ, Moses, T, Poon, WCK, West, SA, Cann, MJ

“…Biochemistry, growth assays and metabolomics demonstrate that Lon protease facilitates peptide nutrient release, benefitting living cells and acting as a cooperative public good. We also show that the production of Lon protease cannot be explained by a personal benefit to living cells. …”

Silicon nanowires for photovoltaics : from the material to the device by Togonal, Alienor Svietlana

“…Silicon Nanowire (SiNW) based solar cells offer an interesting choice towards low-cost and highly efficient solar cells. …”
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Softcell constraints for robust real-time deformation by Teo, Edmund Yew Kuan

“…The main theory behind the approach is to voxelize the surface mesh into cuboid cells. Neighbouring cells are elastically coupled together through constraint forces and torques. …”
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Understanding liver transplantation outcomes through the lens of its tissue-resident immunobiome by Prosser, AC, Klenerman, P, Lucas, M

“…TRLs are especially enriched in the liver, with every TRL subset represented, including liver-resident natural killer cells; tissue-resident memory B cells; conventional tissue-resident memory CD8, CD4, and regulatory T cells; and unconventional gamma-delta, natural killer, and mucosal-associated invariant T cells. …”

Viroporins in the influenza virus by To, Janet, Torres, Jaume

“…The M2 protein is present in all influenza types and belongs to the class of viroporins, i.e., small proteins that form ion channels that increase membrane permeability in virus-infected cells. In influenza A and B, AM2 and BM2 are predominantly proton channels, although they also show some permeability to monovalent cations. …”
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Response of appetite and potential appetite regulators following intake of high energy nutritional supplements by Fatima, S, Gerasimidis, K, Wright, C, Tsiountsioura, M, Arvanitidou, E-I, Malkova, D

“…</p> <p><strong>Design</strong> Twenty three females of 24.4 ± 2.8 years with BMI of 18.2 ± 0.8 kg/m2 consumed HENSD (2.5 MJ) or PLACEBO (0.4 MJ) in fasted state in a single blind randomized cross-over study. …”

The Tudor domain protein Tapas, a homolog of the vertebrate Tdrd7, functions in the piRNA pathway to regulate retrotransposons in germline of Drosophila melanogaster by Patil, Veena S., Anand, Amit, Chakrabarti, Alisha, Kai, Toshie

“…Consistently, the loss of both tej and tap function resulted in mis-localization of Piwi in germline cells, whereas Piwi remained localized to the nucleus in somatic cells. …”
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AptaFluorescence: an aptamer-based fluorescent imaging protocol for biomolecule visualization by Ling, Crystal Chia Yin, Fullwood, Melissa Jane

“…AptaFluorescence also reliably differentiated doxycycline-treated cells from untreated cells. In conclusion, AptaFluorescence is a novel, easy to perform, aptamer-based protocol that will have broad applicability across various biological endeavours for visualizing biomolecules, especially in cases where antibodies with high affinity and specificity for their target proteins are lacking.…”
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Effect of less refined sugar (LRS) vs. refined sugar (RS) on postprandial glycaemic responses, glycaemic profile, and lipid profile, in normal and type 1 diabetic rats: a prelimina... by Zidan, D., Azlan, A., Abas, F., Hamzah, H., Khaza’ai, H., Shafie, S.R., Ebadi, S.

“…Consumption of LRS showed lower insulin resistance (IR), as revealed by reduced fasting insulin and homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) compared to RS treatment groups. …”
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HAMLET particles in medium : protein fibrils or something else? by Ng, Nicholas Kwok Hing.

“…HAMLET, a complex of unfolded α-lactalbumin and oleic acid, kills tumour cells but spares differentiated cells. As HAMLET is a potential anti-cancer drug, mechanism of toxicity needs to be addressed. …”
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Identification of FGF receptor-binding peptides for cancer gene therapy by Maruta, F, Parker, AL, Fisher, KD, Hallissey, MT, Ismail, T, Rowlands, DC, Chandler, LA, Kerr, DJ, Seymour, LW

“…MQLPLAT phage showed only limited binding to Cos7 cells deficient in receptors for FGF. MQLPLAT phage bound to SKOV3 cells with a Kd of 2.51×10−10 M. …”

Modulation of affinity of a marine pseudomonad for toluene and benzene by hydrocarbon exposure by Law, A.T., Button, D.K.

“…Trace (microgram liter-1) quantities of either toluene or benzene injected into an amino-acid limited continuous culture of Pseudomonas sp. strain T2 were utilized immediately with affinities of 2.6 and 6.8 liters g of cells-1 h-1, respectively, and yielded large amounts of organic products, carbon dioxide, and cells. …”
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Benzofuran-based estrogen receptor α modulators as anti-cancer therapeutics : in silico and experimental studies by Leow, Min Li, Chin, Christina Hui Li, Yu, Peggy Shuang, Pasunooti, Kalyan Kumar, Tay, Raymond Xu Zhan, Zhang, Dawei, Yoon, Ho Sup, Liu, Xue-Wei

“…In addition, the apoptotic abilities of the compounds have been measured in both MCF-7 ER(+) and MDA-MB-231 ER(-) breast cancer cells. The results demonstrated that our compounds inhibit MCF-7 breast cancer cells via ER(+). …”
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Dynamic altruistic cooperation within breast tumors by Muhammad Sufyan Bin Masroni, Lee, Kee Wah, Lee, Victor Kwan Min, Ng, Siok Bian, Law, Chao Teng, Poon, Kok Siong, Lee, Bernett Teck Kwong, Liu, Zhehao, Tan, Yuen Peng, Chng, Wee Ling, Tucker, Steven, Ngo, Lynette Su-Mien, Yip, George Wai Cheong, Nga, Min En, Hue, Susan Swee Shan, Putti, Thomas Choudary, Bay, Boon Huat, Lin, Qingsong, Zhou, Lihan, Hartman, Mikael, Loh, Tze Ping, Lakshmanan, Manikandan, Lee, Sook Yee, Tergaonkar, Vinay, Chua, Huiwen, Lee, Adeline Voon Hui, Yeo, Eric Yew Meng, Li, Mo-Huang, Chang, Chan Fong, Kee, Zizheng, Tan, Karen Mei-Ling, Tan, Soo Yong, Koay, Evelyn Siew-Chuan, Archetti, Marco, Leong, Sai Mun

“…This multidisciplinary study explores altruism and its mechanism in breast cancer cells and its contribution to chemoresistance.…”
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Structure of mushy layers grown from perfectly and imperfectly conducting boundaries. Part 2. Onset of convection by Hitchen, JR, Wells, AJ

“…A companion paper (Hitchen &amp; Wells,&nbsp;J. Fluid Mech., 2025, in press) showed how thermal and salinity conditions impact mush structure. …”

Development of solar power systems for solar UAV : evaluation of nomura MPPTs at sub-zero temperatures & solar modules encapsulation by Teo, Boon Rong

“…In addition, the energy generated by the solar cells at the time of Flight Test at India, Kanpur was calculated to check if the number of solar cells to be placed on the wing is sufficient. …”
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Toxicity, permeability and drug-metabolizing enzyme activities of curcumin analogues by Yakubu, Ndatsu

“…The activities of drug-metabolizing enzymes (CPR,UGT, GST and SULT) in cells and adult male zebrafish subjected to all test compounds, separately, as compared to that of normal cells and zebrafish demonstrated that MS65 is better than BDMC33, followed by EF-24 and then curcumin. …”
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Improving detection of chromosomal abnormalities in multiple myeloma using fluorescence in situ hybridization by Naw, Wah Wah

“…Multiple myeloma (MM) cells are hypoproliferative and thus 70% of MM cases are not detected in conventional cytogenetic (CC) that analyses chromosomal abnormality in metaphase cells. …”
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Membrane filtration of microalgae by We, Sok Ling.

“…The micrographs revealed the characteristics of algal cells before and after filtration, and the surface architecture of deposits on the fouled membrane. …”
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Biodegradable polymer-coated multifunctional graphene quantum dots for light-triggered synergetic therapy of pancreatic cancer by Yang, Chengbin, Chan, Kok Ken, Xu, Gaixia, Yin, Ming-jie, Lin, Guimiao, Wang, Xiaomei, Lin, Wei-Jen, Muhammad Danang Birowosuto, Zeng, Shuwen, Ogi, Takashi, Okuyama, Kikuo, Permatasari, Fitri Aulia, Iskandar, Ferry, Chen, Chih-Kuang, Yong, Ken-Tye

“…The resulting nanocomplexes have demonstrated high stability in physiologically mimicking media, excellent K-ras downregulation activity, and effective bioactivity inhibition for MiaPaCa-2 cells. More importantly, laser light was used to generate heat for the nanocomplexes via the photothermal effect to damage the cells, which was further employed to trigger the release of payloads from the nanocomplexes. …”
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