UniSA scientists awarded $2.9m to investigate genetic causes of deadly childhood brain cancer – News and events
22 September 2025
11-year-old Jess Bickley lost her battle with brain cancer in September 2023, five months…
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…
CRISPR-edited cells pump out insulin in a person – and evade immune detection
Pancreatic islets (artificially coloured) no longer secrete sufficient insulin in people with type 1 diabetes. Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science…
Signals Directing Olfactory Neuron Development
Original story from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL, USA). The signaling mechanisms underlying the transition from…
Injured Spinal Cords Repaired With Breakthrough 3D-printed ‘Scaffolding’–Team Regrows Nerves in Rats
Credit: McAlpine Research Group / University of Minnesota A breakthrough in stem cell biology has been 3D-printed in…
New off-the-shelf immunotherapy for metastatic kidney cancer could help improve outcomes
UCLA researchers have developed a new kind of immunotherapy that uses specially engineered immune cells equipped with built-in…
Single-cell proteomic analysis uncovers hidden layers of blood cell formation
In the past decade there has been significant interest in studying the expression of our genetic code down…
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…
Precise modulation of BRG1 levels reveals features of mSWI/SNF dosage sensitivity
BRG1 binding exhibits a linear response to its dosage In mES cells, Brg1 encodes the major catalytic subunit…
Stem cells provided by Allen Institute sent to space for research on International Space Station
In SpaceX’s latest launch of their Falcon 9 rocket early Sunday morning, the crew’s payload included stem cells…
Genetic Study Suggests Ways to Catch Blood Cancer Earlier
Newswise — As we age, our cells replicate, and the DNA in these cells can acquire mistakes —…
Systematic decoding of functional enhancer connectomes and risk variants in human glioma
The study was approved by the Ethics Institutional Review Boards of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen…