By Michael Dhar published October 15, 2020 This flexible molecule tells the cell’s protein-making factories what DNA wants them to do, stores genetic information and may have helped life get its start. Artist’s interpretation of a strand of RNA. (Image credit: Shutterstock) More than just DNA’s lesser-known cousin, RNA plays a central role in turning genetic information into your...
by Dennis Thompson Healthday Reporter An international research effort has unveiled the most extensive reference map yet of individual cells within the human body, knowledge that could revolutionize the study of health and disease. The massive Human Cell Atlas contains detailed maps of more than one million individual cells across 33 organs and systems, researchers...
by Anna Megdell, University of Michigan Human metastatic breast cancer in the lymph nodes. Credit: National Cancer Institute Research from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center could provide a new approach to treating an aggressive form of breast cancer. A study led by Duxin Sun, Ph.D., found that targeting the immune microenvironment in lymph nodes and...
Max Gelman Senior Editor Much of the ALS drug news in recent months has focused on Amylyx Pharmaceuticals and its experimental program reviewed by an FDA advisory committee in March. But on Thursday, the FDA greenlighted a new way to take an already-approved ALS drug that flew under the radar. US regulators OK’ed an oral...
by Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Credit: CC0 Public Domain The Human Cell Atlas goal of mapping every cell type in the human body to transform our knowledge of biology, infection and disease is a milestone step closer with four studies published in Science today. Researchers with the international Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium have created highly detailed maps...
by Joe Dangor, Mayo Clinic Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study published by researchers from Mayo Clinic Cancer Center at Mayo Clinic in Florida and Case Western, Cleveland Medical Center, investigates the reasons for decreasing remission rates for patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma treated with chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy). The study is...
Thick nails can affect not just fingernails but toenails too. The affected nails can be unsightly or cause discomfort. Thick toenails, if left untreated, can worsen and cause pain. There are many potential causes of thick nails. By understanding the causes, a person may be able to prevent thick nails from forming and treat them...
By Nick Lavars May 11, 2022 An innovative stem cell therapy has demonstrated the potential to replace lost neurons in Parkinson’s disease Depositphotos Stem cell therapies are showing huge promise in a lot of areas, but one application that has scientists particularly excited is in next-generation treatments for Parkinson’s disease. A team experimenting in this...
By turning off a single gene, University of Virginia researchers and their collaborators caused stem cells already becoming heart cells to change course and become future brain cells. And that could help scientists understand how specific genes affect the development of your body and the role they play in developmental diseases, potentially leading to new...
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet recently published a study in NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes, that describes the findings of an enzyme that breaks down lipids. In nature, microorganisms including bacteria display different shapes. Escherichia coli, a rod-shaped commensal bacterium of the human gut, can readily alter its shape upon exposure to stress. Upon many occasions, E. coli stalls cell division...
