Engineered extracellular vesicles dramatically improve cancer detection sensitivity
Anyone afflicted with cancer will often face a long and difficult journey. The early stages of any medical…
Study reveals how DNA misfolding causes congenital heart disease
Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in 100 babies born each year.…
New mechanism behind chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer discovered
Scientists at The Wistar Institute have identified a new mechanism behind the chemotherapy resistance that makes ovarian cancer…
New imaging platform tracks hundreds of neurons at unprecedented depths
The brain is a vast, densely interconnected network of neurons computing in parallel. Watching these computations unfold in…
DNA enhancer hubs control cancer genes in prostate tumors
Enhancers are pieces of DNA that act like switches, regulating when genes are turned on and off and…
Gut immune cells may improve multiple sclerosis treatment outcomes
B-cell depletion therapies, in which B cells of the immune system, which may drive disease activity in multiple…
SynGenSys makes key appointments to strengthen senior commercial and scientific teams
SynGenSys, a biotechnology company designing synthetic gene promoter systems to address critical bottlenecks in biopharma manufacturing and enhance…
UVA researcher wins federal grant to develop tools for studying rare circulating cells
A University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science faculty researcher earned a major new federal grant…
Wistar scientists develop new bispecific T cell engager to target ovarian cancer
Wistar scientists have developed a new type of bispecific T cell engager, or BTE, that is effective against…
Early electroacupuncture intervention protects pancreatic function in prediabetes
Prediabetes refers to a metabolic state in which blood glucose is higher than normal but has not yet…
Scientists link genetic spelling mistakes to sudden cardiac death
Scientists have found that the ‘sudden’ cardiac death condition related to high profile deaths or major medical episodes…
New tumor organoids strengthen precision oncology research
Significant advances have been made in the development of patient-derived tumor “organoids” for preclinical research, in two new…