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• More Lung Cancer Cases Discovered Thanks to Computer Tomography

  In the late 2010s, there was a surge in lung cancer incidence in Russia – however, there wasn’t a related rise in death rate. According to a team of researchers from ITMO headed by oncoepidemiologist Anton Barchuk, this can be explained by the spread of computer tomography for screening and diagnostics. Their study was published in Cancer Epidemiology.

  10.09.2024

• ITMO Physicists Develop Multifunctional Material for Thermal Melanoma Therapy

  Researchers at ITMO have suggested a quick and simple method to synthesize gold plasmonic nanodiamonds – these hybrid materials can find their application in photothermal therapy of melanoma. The new material can perform two functions: heat up a tumor and measure its temperature. In vitro experiments demonstrated that once plasmonic nanodiamonds were introduced into a tumor and heated, the tumor’s growth slowed down by 65.22%. The results of the study were described in Nanophotonics.

  05.09.2024

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #60

  Every two weeks, we bring you the latest from the realms of science, research, and education at ITMO and beyond. Today’s digest is no different: from new cancer treatments and advanced brain research to Master’s and PhD programs for budding AI engineers, we’ve got it all covered.

  29.07.2024

• First in the World: ITMO Researchers Train DNA Constructs to Detect Cancer Cells Based on Cancer Marker Concentration

  Researchers from ITMO University have developed DNA constructs based on antisense oligonucleotides that can detect different cancer marker concentrations in cells. Thanks to this capability, the DNA constructs activate only in cancer cells with high concentrations of cancer markers, cleaving the RNAs of genes responsible for the cells’ viability. At the same time, healthy cells, even with several copies of cancer markers inside, remain untouched. With this solution, target cancer therapy will become more accurate, efficient, and safe. The new DNA constructs were described in a paper published in Chemical Communications. 

  17.07.2024

• ITMO’s New Compound Disables Disease-Producing Genes 17 Times Faster Than Counterparts

  Scientists from ITMO University have created a new compound – bivalent DNAzymes: these are short, connected therapeutic DNA chains. The compound has four “arms” and two cores that enable it to find the target sequence even in the complex twisted messenger RNA of a gene, then bind with this site, and cleave it. Among the solution’s possible applications are new treatments for viral, oncological, and hereditary diseases at early stages. The DNAzyme was described in a paper published in Nucleic Acids Research.

  11.06.2024

• Researchers Train AI to Identify Anti-Cancer Nanoparticles

  Chemists at ITMO University have designed an AI-based platform that identifies nanoparticles with selective cytotoxicity to cancer cells. According to the corresponding article in Small, the system should be expected to optimize particle synthesis and reduce the side effects of cancer treatment.

  09.10.2023

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #40

  Fittingly for this “anniversary” installment of our science digest, we have a whole slew of research updates to share: from anti-cancer and computing breakthroughs to a dive into the science of memes.

  02.10.2023

• Researchers Develop New Selective Anti-Cancer Compounds

  In collaboration, researchers from two Russian universities have developed compounds that trigger programmable death in cancer cells and tested their efficiency on cervical tumor samples. The new compounds do not affect healthy cells, their toxicity being eight times lower than that of doxorubicin, a commonly used cancer treatment. This means that in the future, treatments using the new compound may help avoid the common side effects of chemotherapy.

  18.09.2023

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #37

  Twice a month, we invite you to take in the latest breakthroughs and successes of ITMO University’s students and scientists. Today, we’ve got plenty of research updates to share – as well as a couple of impressive success stories from our industrious graduates!

  21.08.2023

• Cancer Explained: How Scientists Can Tame the Disease

  Started by a single mutation in a cell, cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide that killed nearly 10 million people in 2020. In the article, Evgeniya Platonova, a Master’s student at ITMO’s SCAMT Institute, explains what cancer is and how it starts, and shares what medical advances are already helping to combat the disease.

  28.04.2023