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New Research Highlights Brain Connectivity as Key Factor in Cognitive Aging

How variations in cognitive abilities, cognitive reserve, and SVD-related neuropathologies impacted SFC in aging adults.

22 Jul 2024

New Insights into the Composition and Efficacy of Stem Cell Therapies

Two commonly used stem cell therapies are found to contain entirely different types of cells, despite their frequent interchange, according to research from the University of California San Diego.

15 Jul 2024

Harnessing Enzymes for Making RNA Therapeutics

While the COVID-19 vaccines introduced many people to RNA-based medicines, RNA oligonucleotides have already been on the market for years to treat diseases like Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and amyloidosis.

15 Jul 2024

Liver-on-Chips: Innovations, Applications, and Challenges in Drug Development

The development and application of liver-on-chips and the factors preventing its widespread use in drug discovery.

12 Jul 2024

Unlocking the Spatial Dynamics of Amino Acid Metabolism in Tea Plants

Amino acids are vital for plant growth and significantly influence tea flavor and health benefits. Tea plants, particularly Camellia sinensis, exhibit unique amino acid profiles that contribute to their distinctive taste and nutritional value.

25 Jun 2024

Stem cell-based kidney chip revolutionizes disease modeling and research

An organ-on-chip system containing a kidney glomerulus using human-induced pluripotent stem cells and an ultrathin membrane.

17 Jun 2024

"Cervix-on-a-Chip" Offers Promise for New Bacterial Vaginosis Treatments

Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) has been identified as one of the many unmet needs in women's health and affects more than 25% of reproductive-aged women.

3 Jun 2024

Largest Plant DNA Study Ever Unveils Flowering Plant Tree of Life

The most up-to-date understanding of the flowering plant tree of life is presented in a new study published today in the journal Nature by an international team of 279 scientists, including three University of Michigan biologists.

25 Apr 2024

KIT Researchers Uncover New Cell Type Responsible for Vascular Growth

Cardiovascular diseases, including stroke and myocardial infarction, are the world's leading causes of mortality, accounting for over 18 million deaths a year.

18 Apr 2024

Cryo-EM Imaging Unveils Similar Protein Structures in Alzheimer's and Down Syndrome

More than 90% of people with Down syndrome, the most common chromosomal disorder in humans and the most frequent genetic cause of intellectual disability, are diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease by ages 55-60.

30 Mar 2024

New Study Sheds Light on Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Aging

The central nervous system requires a tightly controlled environment for the neurons in the brain to function properly and be able to process information. The blood-brain barrier, which is maintained by specific brain endothelial cells lining blood vessel inner walls, controls the exchange of chemicals between the neurological and circulatory systems.

25 Mar 2024

DNA Origami Revolutionizes Cancer Immunotherapy: The DoriVac Breakthrough

Therapeutic cancer vaccines are a form of immunotherapy in the making that could not only destroy cancer cells in patients, but keep a cancer from coming back and spreading.

15 Mar 2024

Biological Glue Provides Clues About Cardiovascular Diseases

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have found important answers about strokes, heart attacks and cardiovascular diseases by probing the biological glue our bodies create to protect us from those deadly dangers.

12 Mar 2024

New "Tissue-in-a-CUBE" Offers Alternative to Animal Testing in Drug Development

A research team at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has succeeded in establishing a model of the blood-brain barrier using modularized tissue derived from human cells.

29 Feb 2024

Genetic Clusters Linked to Type 2 Diabetes and Complications

The relationship between genetic variations and disease in order to create novel medications and therapies.

20 Feb 2024

Unlocking the Potential of 3D Ice Printing for Artificial Blood Vessels

Ice is used in a novel 3D printing technique to create a template for synthetic blood vessels in tissue that has been engineered.

12 Feb 2024

New Research Finds Placenta Cells May Lower Blood Pressure

Scientists from La Trobe University and the Hudson Institute have demonstrated that cells from placentas could have therapeutic benefits for patients suffering from high blood pressure.

1 Feb 2024

Stress and Dehydration Drive Curling Behavior in Cut Carrots

University of Bath researchers have measured the mechanisms that cause popular root vegetables to curl up if they are left uneaten for an extended period of time and have unearthed the secret science of preparing them.

25 Jan 2024

Genome-Wide Study Identifies Gene Pair Crucial for Regulating Blood Vessel Disease in the Lungs

University of Pittsburgh Schools of Medicine researchers uncovered a fundamental mechanism that controls the body's response to limited oxygen and regulates blood vessel disease of the lung.

16 Jan 2024

Breakthrough 3D Vascular Sheet Mimics Atherosclerosis for High-Throughput Drug Screening

A groundbreaking 3D, three-layer nanomatrix vascular sheet that possesses multiple features of atherosclerosis has been applied for developing a high-throughput functional assay of drug candidates to treat this disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers report in the journal Biomaterials.

16 Jan 2024