Tag: <span>treat disease</span>

Home / treat disease
‘Smart cells’ show promise to treat disease
Post

‘Smart cells’ show promise to treat disease

You very likely have apps on your cellphone. New research at Rice University offers the possibility of apps for your actual cells. Rice bioengineer Laura Segatori and her Brown School of Engineering team have received a prestigious National Institutes of Health Research Project Grant to develop gene activity sensors and activators that, she said, hold...

Researchers identify a new mechanism by which transplanted stem cells treat disease
Post

Researchers identify a new mechanism by which transplanted stem cells treat disease

by  University of California, Irvine “Our study can transform our understanding of how transplanted stem cells actually work in the body to treat disease,” says Weian Zhao, UCI professor of pharmaceutical sciences. He and graduate student researcher Zachary Wagoner are co-authors of a commentary published online in Nature Biomedical Engineering. Credit: School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences...