Groundbreaking approach combines 3D printing and stem cell biology for spinal cord injury recovery
For the first time, a research team at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities demonstrated a groundbreaking process…
Innovative cryo-microscopy offers precise views of rapid cell activity
Optical microscopy is a key technique for understanding dynamic biological processes in cells, but observing these high-speed cellular…
Yale researchers uncover new RNA editing tools for safer genetic surgery
The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds great promise in medicine, but it is…
Nanodroplet array revolutionizes search for new drugs
Until now, the early phase of drug discovery for the development of new therapeutics has been both cost-…
High-salt diet linked to brain inflammation that raises blood pressure
A new study finds that a high-salt diet triggers brain inflammation that drives up blood pressure. The research, led…
Somatic mutations drive vascular aging and muscle weakness over time
Two new studies from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have investigated how mutations that occur in muscles and blood…
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…
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…
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…
Newly discovered drug class could someday lead to breakthrough treatments for fungal infections
A research team at McMaster University has discovered a new drug class that could someday lead to breakthrough…
4,000-year-old sheep tooth sheds light on enigmatic Eurasian plague
Around 5,000 years ago, a mysterious form of plague spread throughout Eurasia, only to disappear 2,000 years later.…