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Your Morning Cup Just Became a Medical Device: Caffeine vs. Cancer | Podcast hosted by Scott Bleackley and Michelle Bruecker
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Bioengineer.org
AI Develops Caffeine-Activated Safety Switch to Enhance Future Cell Therapies
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GEN: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
AI Reimagines Caffeine as a Molecular Off‑Switch for Engineered Cells
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Bioengineer.org
AI Develops Caffeine-Activated Safety Switch to Enhance Future Cell Therapies
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Yahoo! News A Future Where Coffee Helps Fight Cancer?
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Vital Reocrd
Disrupting cancer’s secret hubs: A new way to halt tumor growth
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Vital Record
AI brews a caffeine-powered safety switch for future cell therapies
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Onco'Zine
Crafting a Caffeine-Activated Safety Switch for Controlling Engineered Cell Therapies
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Vital Record
Newly designed peptides suggest safer immunotherapies are within reach
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Bioengineering.Org
Newly engineered peptides point to safer immunotherapy breakthroughs
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Advancing RNA | Guest Column
A Smarter Switch: Reprogramming CIP Systems With Nanobodies Unlocks New Control Over Cell Signaling
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EARTH.COM
Caffeine could give scientists precise control over gene editing
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Vital Record
Brewing possibilities: Using caffeine to edit gene expression
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Nature Chemical Biology | News & Views
A SAMBA for chemically induced proximity
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Texas A&M Stories
Flipping the switch on disease: Texas A&M scientists pioneer light-controlled genetic tools
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Texas A&M Stories
New Technology Shows Promise For Safer Cancer Therapy
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Bionity
How does coffee turn immune cells into cancer fighters?
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Science Daily
Your morning coffee could one day help fight cancer
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Vital Record
New technology promises safer cancer therapy
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Vital Record
TRIM(ming) away proteins to curtail breast cancer
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ScieTechDaily
Scientists Melt Cancer’s Hidden “Power Hubs” and Stop Tumor Growth
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Gulf Today
Researchers find new way to halt rare kidney cancer
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Vital Record New research repurposes ancient remedy for blood cancer treatment
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Futurity
Common pain med ingredient could treat blood cancers
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SPRUDGE
Is Coffee The New Key To Gene Editing And Cancer Treatment?
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Science Daily
Your morning coffee could one day help fight cancer
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SSBCrack News
Texas A&M Researchers Uncover RNA’s Role in Kidney Cancer Growth and Potential Treatment Strategy
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Cell Calcium
Blue light opens the ORAI1 LOC(K)
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The BATTALION
Research team discovers new compound that could treat glioblastoma
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Cell Calcium
Natural photoswitches expose STIM1 activation steps
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Vital Record Compact genetic light switches transform disease control
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Bioengineer
Uncovering Tumor’s Hidden Networks: A Novel Strategy to Stop Cancer Growth
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The Battalion
A&M researchers create light-controlled revolutionizing gene therapy
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Pop Culture Insights
Revolutionizing Disease Control: How Tiny Genetic Light Switches Work
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BioXconomy
Thanks a latte: Using caffeine as an on switch for CRISPR
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Futurity
‘Switch’ could turn off growth of tough childhood cancer
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Bioengineer.com

Tiny Genetic Light Switches Revolutionize Disease Control
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SciTechDaily
CRISPR Meets Caffeine: Scientists Develop New Approach to Cancer Treatment
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ENTECH Magazine (Top 10 discoveries 2025)
A New Way to Stop Tumors? Scientists Disable Cancer’s ‘Power Hubs’
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Technology Networks
RNA Hijacking Revealed as Engine of Childhood Kidney Cancer
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Nature Aging | News & Views DNA methylation controls hematopoietic stem cell aging
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STAT News
In research on mice, scientists use light to paint a more precise target for CAR-T to attack tumors
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H1 CONNECT
Circularly permuted LOV2 as a modular photoswitch for optogenetic engineering
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KBTX3 TV Channel
Researchers at Texas A&M using caffeine to help fight off viruses like COVID-19
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Clinical Leader
Shining Light on the Commercial Potential of Optogenetic Therapies
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preLights
Shining light on immunology’s dark corners: researchers design antibody mimetics with photosensitive switches
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Vital Record
Scientists develop highly effective tumor detection strategy for common childhood brain tumors
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Vital Record
A new way to stop brain cancer
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Vital Record
A new way to diagnose diseases
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  • Clinical Lab Products
Texas A&M Researchers Identify New Way to Diagnose Diseases
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Vital Record
Treating cardiovascular disorders—and more—with the flip of a switch
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  • Photonics
Optogenetic Tool Controls Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels
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LabRoots
Activating Dendritic Cells with Optogenetic Immunomodulation Technology
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  • Photonics Spectra
Optogenetic Immunomodulation Reduces Cancer Tumor Size, Metastasis in Animal Model
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Optics & Photonics News
Cancer Immunotherapy: The Optogenetics Angle
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  • Vital Record
Epigenetic changes on demand: Turning the ‘traffic lights’ of DNA from red to green
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BioTechniques
Building a bridge between membranes
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  • Laser Focus World
Optogenetics method leverages CRISPR/Cas9 tools
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Vital Record
Moving closer toward possible therapy for type of lymphoma
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  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
The cancer link(RNA) between PIP3 and AKT
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Futurity
For better diagnosis, watch protein fold in real-time
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  • Futurity
CaRROT system uses light turn genes on and off
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Vital Record
Harnessing the power of light to fight cancer
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  • Optics & Photonics News
Light-Activated Immune Response
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NSMB | News & Views
Conformational dynamics of STIM1 activation
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  • NSMB | News & Views
STIMATE reveals a STIM1 transitional state
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