News Release 24-Sep-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationAmerican Chemical Society Spinning artificial spider silk into next-generation medical materialsimage: Scientists are creating artificial spider silk by drawing strands from an array of tiny hollow needles, as shown here, similar to how arachnids do it. Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c08557 It’s almost time to dust off the...
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Spider silk can stabilise cancer-suppressing protein
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET The p53 protein protects our cells from cancer and is an interesting target for cancer treatments. The problem is, however, that it breaks down rapidly in the cell. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now found an unusual way of stabilising the protein and making it more potent. By adding a spider...