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An international team including researchers in France and Japan, using the green alga Chlamydomonas as a model, found a switch that triggers the suppression mechanism to prevent runaway photosynthesis. The switch is a blue light photoreceptor protein called phototropin. The research has been published in the September 22 issue of Nature.

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A biocompatible nanomaterial that can be controlled with light finds a use in gene delivery.

Read more of the article entitled 'Self-assembled nanostructures hit their target'

Antibodies directed against cancer stem cells could help patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

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Multi stimuli-responsive nanocapsules selectively deliver drugs to exactly where they are needed.

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A novel multi-potent drug removes arginine from the blood and kills cancer cells.

Read more of the article entitled 'Rational Design of Engineered Arginine Depleting Enzymes as Multi-potent Anti-cancer Agents'