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Cancer is a leading cause of global mortality, significantly impacted by treatment resistance and the toxicity of conventional therapies like chemotherapy and radiation. Recent studies show that anastasis-the recovery of cells from near-death states-as a key mechanism promoting cancer relapse and apoptosis resistance. During anastasis, stress-induced caspase activation allows cancer cells to survive, increase chemoresistance, and enhance metastatic potential. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) reinforce this resilience by repairing damaged proteins and maintaining cell viability under stress. This review presents novel nanotechnology-based strategies that disrupt these survival pathways by targeting HSP inhibitors and caspase modulators directly to tumors using advanced nanoparticles. By focusing on the interplay between anastasis and apoptosis, our approach aims to inhibit the mechanisms that enable cancer cells to evade death while enhancing treatment delivery precision and minimizing systemic toxicity. These nanotech-enhanced strategies promise to overcome treatment resistance and lead to safer, more effective anticancer therapies. Such innovations could significantly advance our understanding of cell death and survival in cancer, paving the way for next-generation therapeutic interventions.
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Expert Opin Ther Pat
September 2025
Dipartimento di Scienze per la Qualità della Vita, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Rimini, Italy.
Introduction: Topoisomerase (topo) II inhibitors continue to represent a promising approach in anticancer therapy, although their clinical application is hampered by drug resistance and dose limiting toxicities.
Area Covered: We performed a critical analysis of patent literature from January 2016 to January 2025 on topo II inhibitors in oncology using the online databases Espacenet, Wipo, and Google patent.
Expert Opinion: Substantial progress in the development of novel topo II inhibitors through synthetic chemistry, natural product isolation, molecular modification, and in silico screening was recorded.
J Sci Food Agric
September 2025
Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo, Japan.
Background: The present study investigated the influence of mild heat treatment on harvested raw rough rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Toyomeki) by warm water soaking at 65 °C with respect to the physicochemical properties and starch digestibility of cooked rice.
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September 2025
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Background: A plant-focused, healthy dietary pattern, such as the Mediterranean diet enriched with dietary fiber, polyphenols, and polyunsaturated fats, is well known to positively influence the gut microbiota. Conversely, a processed diet high in saturated fats and sugars negatively impacts gut diversity, potentially leading to weight gain, insulin resistance, and chronic, low-grade inflammation. Despite this understanding, the mechanisms by which the Mediterranean diet impacts the gut microbiota and its associated health benefits remain unclear.
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September 2025
Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Pilani Campus, Vidya Vihar, Pilani, Rajasthan, 333031, India.
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder of increasing global concern. Characterized by constantly elevated levels of glucose, severe β-cell dysfunction, and insulin resistance, it is the cause of a major burden on patients if not managed with therapeutic and lifestyle changes. The human body is slowly developing tolerance to many marketed antidiabetic drugs and the quest for the discovery of newer molecules continues.
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September 2025
Division of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
It has become evident from decades of clinical trials that multimodal therapeutic approaches with focus on cell intrinsic and microenvironmental cues are needed to improve understanding and treat the rare, inoperable, and ultimately fatal diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), now categorized as a diffuse midline glioma. In this study we report the development and characterization of an in vitro system utilizing 3D Tumor Tissue Analogs (TTA), designed to replicate the intricate DIPG microenvironment. The innate ability of fluorescently labeled human brain endothelial cells, microglia, and patient-derived DIPG cell lines to self-assemble has been exploited to generate multicellular 3D TTAs that mimic tissue-like microstructures, enabling an in- depth exploration of the spatio-temporal dynamics between neoplastic and stromal cells.
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