Clara Rodriguez Fernandez

Credit: Salah Uddin/ iStock / Getty Images Plus Scientists have developed a new strategy against acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that pushes cancer cells to keep working even after their energy supply has been disrupted, causing them to die from metabolic stress. The study, published in the journal Molecular Cancer, reports promising results from laboratory and animal experiments. The approach combines a newly designed molecule, called AcTor, with the existing anti-cancer drug ixazomib.

Credit: Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images A new diagnostic method enables the detection of hepatitis C and Zika virus directly from dried whole blood, potentially bringing faster testing to locations where conventional laboratory diagnostics are difficult to access. In a study published today in Science Advances, the new approach could overcome a major barrier to accessibility by eliminating the need for complex sample preparation steps.