Study reveals why diffuse midline glioma develops in brain midline regions
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have shown that specific brain cells respond differently to the H3.3…
New drug delivers promising survival gains in pancreatic cancer
About 90% of people with pancreatic cancer have pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which is driven by an activating mutation in…
Scientists uncover how muscle actin filaments grow and renew themselves
Biophysicists unraveled a mystery of how muscles form at the molecular level and how they maintain their function.…
Study links inherited genetics to cancer susceptibility and progression
Scientists have found the first direct evidence of the powerful role our genetic makeup plays in influencing our…
Study reveals sex-based protein differences across lung cancer types
Biological sex factors into cancer in ways you might not expect. In lung cancer, a form called squamous…
Study reveals why rare neurological disease damages specific brain regions
Many neurological diseases damage specific parts of the brain, even though the harmful protein involved is present throughout…
Transplanted neural progenitor cells survive one year in patients with retinitis pigmentosa
New, previously unpublished clinical data was presented today at ISSCR 2026 demonstrating that transplanted human neural progenitor cells…
New form of hereditary prostate cancer can cause aggressive disease at a young age
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a new form of hereditary prostate cancer that, while rare, can…
Weill Cornell Medicine receives federal grant to study new gene therapy for Alzheimer’s disease
The National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year grant initially worth…
New molecular mechanism identified in common inherited heart disease
A study led by the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), working in collaboration with an…
Highly-sensitive blood test detects hidden traces of pancreatic cancer
Northwestern Medicine scientists have demonstrated that a highly sensitive blood test can detect traces of pancreatic cancer missed…
New genetic driver found for rare small intestinal cancers
A signaling system known as the Wnt pathway plays a central role in how cells in the intestine…