Graphene is a two-dimensional material, very thin, composed of a single layer of carbon atoms, but also flexible like plastic and with a mechanical resistance a hundred times higher than steel. This is why it is considered practically perfect for multiple uses in industrial and technological fields; however, it is difficult to produce, making its…
Antipsychotic Drug Could Help Battle Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal tumors and, up until now, drugs available to fight it are only generic chemotherapy treatments. The protein Nupr1 belongs to the special class of “intrinsically disordered proteins” and its involvement in this pathology has been demonstrated since the ’90s by a French team of the National Institute…