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Lipid Nanoparticles Reprogram NK Cells Internally to Eliminate Cancerous T Cells

MIT engineers have developed a new way to program natural killer (NK) immune cells to target cancerous T cells or T cells that have become autoreactive, leading to diseases such as lymphoma and autoimmune hepatitis.

14 Oct 2026

Females with Autoimmune Diseases ‘Less Likely to be Believed’ Than Males and Face Longer Diagnostic Delays

Females with autoimmune diseases are significantly more likely than males to have their autoimmune disease misdiagnosed as a psychiatric or psychosomatic condition, according to a study of more than 6,600 patients.

9 Oct 2026

Electron Microscopy Imaging Confirms Piezo1-Dependent Axonal Sheath Structural Remodeling

Researchers at Upstate Medical University have identified a key mechanism that helps determine the length of myelin, the protective coating that surrounds many nerve fibers and allows signals to travel efficiently through the nervous system.

1 Oct 2026

Study Establishes Immune Cell Trafficking as Viable Alzheimer's Target

There is no treatment available today to stop the death of brain cells in neurodegenerative diseases known as tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease, in which twisted clumps of a protein called tau accumulate in the brain.

29 Sep 2026

Breakthrough Study Explains Developmental Origins of the Human Brain

For centuries, scientists have thought of the brain as a single, unified organ. But new research led by Stanford Medicine reveals that what we call the brain is two distinct organs that evolved independently over hundreds of millions of years.

21 Sep 2026

Noninvasive Imaging Framework Enhances Predictions of Higher-Order Human Brain Function

Researchers from the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a new, noninvasive way to examine how blood flow and cellular organization align across the layers of the living human brain.

17 Sep 2026

New Human Blood Test Accurately Predicts Fatal ALS Neurological Progression

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a severe neurological disease that destroys nerve cells responsible for muscle movement. The disease typically begins with limb or bulbar weakness and progresses to respiratory failure.

31 Aug 2026

Researchers Track Harmful Post COVID Autoantibodies to Specific B Cells

When the immune system encounters a virus, it produces antibodies designed to recognize and eliminate the invader.

31 Aug 2026

Reengineering Glial Cell Signaling Pathways to Slow Down ALS Symptoms

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that, according to the CDC, currently impacts around 35,000 Americans-with 5,000 more diagnosed each year.

21 Aug 2026

Researchers Map Immune Molecule Behavior in Affected Motor Neurons

Immune-related molecules change in motor neurons affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but they do not appear to be major drivers of disease progression.

17 Aug 2026

University of Oklahoma Study Uncovers Internal Recycling System in Photoreceptors

For decades, scientists believed that photoreceptors in the retina relied primarily on neighboring support cells, known as the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), to remove waste. While the RPE is still responsible for clearing away the worn-out tips of photoreceptors each day, new findings from the University of Oklahoma reveal that photoreceptors also perform much of their own internal housekeeping.

30 Jul 2026

New Kinesin-1 Protein Maps Advance Treatment for Incurable Paralysis

A nerve cell resembles a vast tree with branches that communicate with thousands of other cells.

16 Jul 2026

Researchers Develop Non-Toxic Way to Generate the Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease

Scientists usually use animal models when studying Parkinson's disease because these models mimic the disease well.

30 Jun 2026

New Karyoptosis Mechanism Linked to Alzheimer's and Frontotemporal Dementia

Markers of a new mechanism for cell death, called karyoptosis, have been found in brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

26 Jun 2026

Genome Sequencing Unlocks Ancestral History of North Atlantic Founder Population

Genome sequencing has revealed insights into how current-day residents of the Faroe Islands can trace their ancestry to a North Atlantic founder population and how evolutionary forces have shaped their genomes since.

17 Jun 2026

Drug Boosts Axon Regrowth In Human Brain-Spinal Cord Model

This study presents a human organoid model that identifies genetic factors limiting nerve regeneration and highlights lynestrenol's role in promoting repair.

4 Jun 2026

Study Shows How AI and Single Cell Science are Changing Modern Medicine

Recent technological advances have pushed the boundaries of cellular biology far beyond what was conceivable even decades ago

4 Jun 2026

Identifying a Genetic Switch That Halts Human Nerve Regeneration

Researchers at Cambridge have created tiny circuits in the lab that replicate the connections between the brain and spinal cord, which control human movements.

29 May 2026

Researchers Compare Embryonic and Adult Mouse Brain Targets to Map Memory Networks

A peer-reviewed invited review published today in Genomic Psychiatry argues that the adult brain, when it learns and remembers and rewires, is not inventing something new.

20 May 2026

Why Women Face a Much Higher Risk of Autoimmune Disease

A recent study has identified biological abnormalities that make the female immune system more likely to mistakenly attack the body's own healthy tissues, providing insight into why women are significantly more likely than men to experience autoimmune diseases.

8 May 2026