Cryo-Electron Microscopy for Cancer
Oncology-Cryo Electron
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https://doi.org/10.22376/ijtos.2023.1.4.52-57Keywords:
Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Cancer, Electron Microscopy, Cryo-EM, Cryo-EM for CancerAbstract
A review paper on cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is essential to assess the recent advancements in this revolutionary imaging technique. As cryo-EM continues to revolutionize structural biology, a comprehensive review can consolidate the knowledge, highlight technical challenges, and offer insights into future developments, promoting better understanding and wider adoption of this cutting-edge technology. The absence of a review paper on the recent innovative approach of applying cryo-electron microscopy for cancer research hinders knowledge dissemination and impedes potential breakthroughs. A comprehensive review would bridge the gap, elucidating the successes and challenges of cryo-EM in cancer studies, fostering collaboration, and inspiring further investigations to combat cancer effectively.” Cryo-electron microscopy enables examining biomolecular structures at almost atomic precision while capturing multiple dynamic states more than 30 years after developing the industry's preferred method for cryo-embedding biological macromolecules under their native conditions. Techniques and equipment have significantly improved. Advanced image-processing methods are employed in research to facilitate the study of biological macromolecular structures and analyze their dynamics; for this, cryo-EM is a potent tool. Cryo-EM must effectively investigate the cellular macromolecular structure, including dynamic analysis using cutting-edge image-processing methods. Modern Analysis of individual particles using electron tomography is even more easily applicable to the procedure. With the development of single particle analysis and electron tomography, it is now more broadly applicable. These techniques have increased the method's applicability even further. Due to its ease of use and capacity to produce intricate and sophisticated data that can be used to comprehend biological structures better, cryo-EM is currently a more well-liked and available research tool. As a result, it serves as a useful tool for both academic and industrial research. Protein complexes, molecular pathways, and viral structures have also been studied using cryo-EM. Due to its adaptability, it has become a useful tool for illness and drug development. Its low cost and simplicity of usage have also made it a crucial research tool.
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