Breakthrough in building functional synthetic kidneys using assembloids
A USC Stem Cell-led research team has achieved a major step forward in the effort to build mouse…
Rare ABCA7 gene variants linked to Alzheimer’s risk
A new study from MIT neuroscientists reveals how rare variants of a gene called ABCA7 may contribute to…
Why metformin could protect the brain by rewiring mitochondria
A new study shows metformin enhances myelin repair in human-based models by tuning mitochondrial metabolism, offering hope for…
Targeting gut signaling protein may protect against alcohol-related liver damage
Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of liver transplantation and death worldwide, and its impact is…
Diabetes-altered blood particles suppress immune defense in breast cancer
People with type 2 obesity-driven diabetes tend to have more aggressive breast cancers, but no one knows exactly…
Imaging tech promises deepest looks yet into living brain tissue at single-cell resolution | MIT News
For both research and medical purposes, researchers have spent decades pushing the limits of microscopy to produce ever…
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…
Genes Causing Spread of Glioblastoma Open Treatment Avenues
Credit: DR P. MARAZZI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden, in collaboration with scientists at…