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Synthesizing the Anti-Obesity Agent Celastrol from Table Sugar Obesity is a global health risk characterized by excessive fat deposits that affects 1 in 8 people around the world. Once considered a problem exclusively for high-income nations, obesity is on the rise globally due to poor diet and nutritional quality, with the disease incidence doubling in adults and quadrupling in adolescents since 1990. As of 2022, the World Health Organization reported that 890 million adults (aged 18 years or older) and 160 million children (aged 5 to 19 years) were living with obesity1. The health consequenc ..read more

Engineering Yeast Strains for Eco-Friendly Insecticide Production Despite advancements in modern medicine and pest control, mosquitoes remain the deadliest animal in the world, causing more than 700,000 human deaths each year1. There were 249 million cases of malaria alone in 2022, illustrating the importance of developing effective malaria prevention strategies and treatments2. Malaria together with other common mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika virus, West Nile virus, Chikungunya virus, Dengue, and Yellow Fever cause infections in over 700 million people annually, with most cases concentr ..read more

Genetically Engineered Exosomes Elicit Targeted Anti-Cancer Immunity What is Immunotherapy? Cancer immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that utilizes the patient’s own immune system to fight cancer cells, either by stimulating the immune system’s ability to target and attack cancer cells or by using synthetic substances that behave like naturally occurring immune system components1. Traditional cancer treatments, like chemotherapy, are only effective when the drugs are present in the body and impact healthy tissues as well as cancer cells, which results in extreme side effects, such as ..read more