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Nitric oxide signaling in health and disease
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Nitric oxide signaling in health and disease

by Karolinska Institutet Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a recently published review article in Cell, researchers Jon Lundberg and Eddie Weitzberg at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Karolinska Institutet summarize research in nitric oxide (NO) with a focus on what is happening right now. When NO was discovered as a neurotransmitter almost 40 years...

Making the invisible visible: A clearer ‘picture’ of blood vessels in health and disease thanks to new imaging approach
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Making the invisible visible: A clearer ‘picture’ of blood vessels in health and disease thanks to new imaging approach

JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE IMAGE: A STILL FROM THE VISUAL DEMONSTRATION OF THE RESULT OF THE VASCUVIZ IMAGING PIPELINE. CREDIT: CREDIT: JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have developed and tested a new imaging approach they say will accelerate imaging-based research in the lab by allowing investigators to capture images of blood vessels at different...

Engineering nerve cells to study the relationship between shape and function in health and disease
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Engineering nerve cells to study the relationship between shape and function in health and disease

by The Francis Crick Institute LAM arrays allows culture of axons in the cm-range after 21days in differentiation or mm-range after 14days in differentiation. μm-ranged motor axons are achieved after 1 day in differentiation. Credit: The Francis Crick Institute Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and King’s College London have shown that the length of...