Pinecone-inspired conduit enables suture-free repair of nerve injuries
As the authors detail, PNI is a prevalent neurological condition that often causes permanent sensory and motor dysfunction,…
Alzheimer’s monoclonal antibodies fail to deliver meaningful results
Despite successfully removing amyloid plaques from the brain, widely anticipated antibody therapies fail to deliver meaningful cognitive improvements,…
How the immune system may influence Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and related diseases
A sweeping review shows how the brain’s immune defenses can both fight and fuel neurodegeneration, revealing why timing,…
New biomarker predicts prognosis and treatment response in colorectal cancer
Determining the presence of a protein in non-tumor cells within the cancer microenvironment could be one of the keys to establishing prognosis…
Study reveals how tau tangles spread from one brain region to another in Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that slowly impairs memory, affects thinking skills, and eventually interferes with…
Toxic RNA drives progressive heart damage in myotonic dystrophy
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common cause of adult-onset muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder that…
Auckland woman offered stranger’s ovary instead of her own breast tissue at Anatomic Pathology Service
Both patients caught up in the errors had the same first name, and surnames weren’t checked – even…
Researchers identify cellular drivers of gut scarring in Crohn’s disease
As inflamed regions of the gut form scar tissue, the space within the gut lumen becomes smaller and…
New AI system reduces pathologist workload while maintaining diagnostic accuracy
Artificial intelligence could make cancer diagnosis safer and fairer by learning when to defer to human pathologists without…
Study reveals a disease-relevant role for tanycytes in neurodegeneration
Accumulation of the protein tau in the brain is one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease. In a paper publishing March…
AI cancer tools may be using visual shortcuts rather than true biology
New research warns that popular deep learning systems trained for cancer pathology may be relying on hidden shortcuts rather…
Investigating microglia’s role in Alzheimer’s pathology
Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder and the…