ChronODE method offers precision in timing gene therapy treatments
A Yale research team has created a new computer tool that can pinpoint when exactly genes turn on…
SNAP25 identified as key to sour taste perception and cell survival
The tongue contains numerous taste buds-tiny sensory organs responsible for detecting taste. Taste buds consist of specialized cells…
Fucosylation emerges as a key player in digestive inflammatory diseases and cancers
Fucosylation, a crucial post-translational modification, has emerged as a significant factor influencing digestive inflammatory diseases and cancers. This…
Researchers uncover a novel way platelets can suppress inflammation
Platelets are probably best known for their role in blood clotting, making scabs and related, if less salubrious,…
Stem-like peripheral helper T cells found to sustain inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that affects millions worldwide and can have a devastating impact on…
Genetically-engineered immune cells show promise for preventing organ rejection
A Medical University of South Carolina team reports in Frontiers in Immunology that it has engineered a new…
New generation of CRISPR shows safer path to treating genetic diseases
A new generation of CRISPR technology developed at UNSW Sydney offers a safer path to treating genetic diseases…
GIPR signaling opens brain’s gate for GLP-1 weight-loss therapy
A new study uncovers how GIPR signaling in brain cells helps GLP-1 weight-loss drugs bypass the blood-brain barrier…
Brain organoids reveal early changes in familial Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease in older people, affecting up to 1 in 20…
Gene editing restores hearing and balance in adult mice with DFNA41 deafness
Zheng-Yi Chen, DPhil, associate scientist at the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, and Ines and Fredrick Yeatts Chair in Otolaryngology, at…
Dual epigenetic marks found to regulate cell identity
Shedding light on what determines how cells become what they are meant to be-nerves, bone, muscles, etc.-can also…
Griffith University launches groundbreaking treatment trial for spinal cord injury
A Phase 1 human clinical trial to treat chronic spinal cord injury, the first of its kind in…