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Human Stem Cell-Derived Mini Retinas Model Viral Pathology in Developing Eyes

Dr. Vaithi Arumugaswami, professor of molecular and medical pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Dr. Ashok Kumar, professor of ophthalmology, visual and anatomical sciences at Wayne State University School of Medicine, have received a four-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue their study of how Zika virus damages the developing eye and to identify drug-based strategies that could protect babies’ vision.

15 Oct 2026

Study: Maternal Autoantibodies Targeting IL-1RA Trigger Premature Labor

A typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but for about 1 in 10 pregnant women labor begins too soon. Premature or preterm birth is the leading cause of newborn deaths worldwide. Yet doctors have struggled to understand why preterm birth occurs - or how to predict which pregnancies are at highest risk.

15 Oct 2026

Biochemists Map the Cellular Machinery Behind Nuclear Pore Construction

The cells of higher organisms such as mammals, flies and fungi enclose their genetic material in a nucleus.

14 Oct 2026

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

Massive Tumor Cell Analysis Reveals Secret Mechanism Behind Pancreatic Cancer Resistance

A new analysis of nearly half a million cells from dozens of pancreatic tumors, led by researchers at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center and New York University (NYU), reveals how pancreatic cancer cells continuously reshape their genetic makeup over time, enabling them to evade treatment.

14 Oct 2026

Time Capsule Fungus Offers Opportunity for Rare Glimpse into 50 Years of Wheat Disease Evolution

A pair of tiny glass vials sealed away for half a century could provide novel insights into one of Australia's most damaging wheat diseases when a 50-year-old time capsule is opened on October 17, 2026.

13 Oct 2026

Transcriptional Repression Mechanism Prevents Protective Immune Pathways From Triggering Autoimmunity

A preclinical study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center has discovered how a protein called ZBTB44 helps prevent excessive immune activity that can cause inflammation in the colon, the main section of the large intestine. The findings, published in Nature Immunology, may help explain how immune responses go awry in a range of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases

13 Oct 2026

Nagoya University Team Identifies BCAT1 Enzyme as Key Driver of Cardiac Fibrosis

Heart failure often develops after a heart attack because excessive collagen-based scar tissue forms during repair. While collagen is necessary to reinforce scars, disease and chronic inflammation can cause overproduction, which stiffens the heart muscle and impairs its pumping ability.

10 Oct 2026

Three-Dimensional Genome Architecture Actively Dictates Phenotypic Novelties in Octopuses

Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish, collectively known as coleoid cephalopods, have evolved exceptionally large and elaborately structured nervous systems capable of complex behaviors such as problem-solving and rapid camouflage.

10 Oct 2026

Study Creates Global Single-Cell Map of Human Immune System Aging

While birthday candles measure the number of years someone has lived, they don't always tell the full story about someone's health.

10 Oct 2026

Epigenetic DNA Methylation Clocks Track Gradual Cellular Rejuvenation Across Fifty Days

Researchers from the University Hospital of Bonn and the University of Bonn have succeeded in dramatically rejuvenating human cells in a test tube. To do so, they directly reprogrammed red blood cell precursors into stem cells from which neurons can be derived. During this process, the molecular clocks that indicate a cell's age were reset.

10 Oct 2026

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Maps Neuroblastoma Intratumoral Heterogeneity

Neuroblastoma is the most common solid tumor found outside of the brain in children, yet why some children respond well to treatment while others do not has remained poorly understood. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists and their collaborators built one of the most comprehensive datasets of neuroblastoma cells to date, using it to define the tumor's cell types and identify a gene signature marking a malignant cell population tied to poor prognosis.

10 Oct 2026

Proteomic Profiling Uncovers Twenty-Four Plasma Proteins Tied to Gut Mucosal Inflammation

Coeliac disease is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system reacts adversely to gluten. Eating gluten causes inflammation in the gut, which can damage the intestine and impair its ability to absorb nutrients.

10 Oct 2026

Retrotransposon Reactivation Suggests Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Lower Cancer Risk

A tumor suppressor gene known as p53 is mutated in more than half of all cancers, but how it acts to prevent cancer formation is largely unknown.

9 Oct 2026

Prime Editing Generates Genomic Ticker Tapes Tracing Millions of Developing Cells

Growing inside each of us is a cellular family tree.

9 Oct 2026

Bio-Techne Expands Global GMP Manufacturing Network with New Bristol Facility to Advance Scalable Cell Therapy Development

Bio-Techne Corporation, a global provider of life science tools, reagents and diagnostic products, today announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility for Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) grade small molecules in Bristol, United Kingdom, further expanding the company's global capabilities to support the rapidly growing cell therapy market.

From Bio-Techne 8 Oct 2026

Enzyme Knockdown Repolarizes Immune Cells for Targeted Immunotherapy

Our bodies contain immune cells called macrophages.

8 Oct 2026

Stem Cell Models Demonstrate Precise Cellular Nibbling of Pathological Fibrils

Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered a previously unrecognized protective role for microglia, the brain's resident immune cells, in Parkinson's disease.

8 Oct 2026

Mitochondrial Genome Dynamics Influence Intrinsic Tumor Aggressiveness

Mitochondria are small organelles within cells that play a central role in vital cellular processes, especially energy production.

8 Oct 2026

Vitalant Launches Cell-Based Analytics Lab to Support Allogeneic Therapy Developers

Vitalant, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit blood and biotherapies healthcare organizations, today announced the launch of its analytics lab at the Phoenix Bioscience Core, expanding its cell and gene therapy (CGT) analytical capabilities for developers of allogeneic cell therapies.

7 Oct 2026

Cell Biology

Human Stem Cell-Derived Mini Retinas Model Viral Pathology in Developing Eyes

Study: Maternal Autoantibodies Targeting IL-1RA Trigger Premature Labor

Biochemists Map the Cellular Machinery Behind Nuclear Pore Construction

Lipid Nanoparticles Reprogram NK Cells Internally to Eliminate Cancerous T Cells

Massive Tumor Cell Analysis Reveals Secret Mechanism Behind Pancreatic Cancer Resistance

Time Capsule Fungus Offers Opportunity for Rare Glimpse into 50 Years of Wheat Disease Evolution

Transcriptional Repression Mechanism Prevents Protective Immune Pathways From Triggering Autoimmunity

Nagoya University Team Identifies BCAT1 Enzyme as Key Driver of Cardiac Fibrosis

Three-Dimensional Genome Architecture Actively Dictates Phenotypic Novelties in Octopuses

Study Creates Global Single-Cell Map of Human Immune System Aging

Epigenetic DNA Methylation Clocks Track Gradual Cellular Rejuvenation Across Fifty Days

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Maps Neuroblastoma Intratumoral Heterogeneity

Proteomic Profiling Uncovers Twenty-Four Plasma Proteins Tied to Gut Mucosal Inflammation

Retrotransposon Reactivation Suggests Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Lower Cancer Risk

Prime Editing Generates Genomic Ticker Tapes Tracing Millions of Developing Cells

Bio-Techne Expands Global GMP Manufacturing Network with New Bristol Facility to Advance Scalable Cell Therapy Development

Enzyme Knockdown Repolarizes Immune Cells for Targeted Immunotherapy

Stem Cell Models Demonstrate Precise Cellular Nibbling of Pathological Fibrils

Mitochondrial Genome Dynamics Influence Intrinsic Tumor Aggressiveness

Vitalant Launches Cell-Based Analytics Lab to Support Allogeneic Therapy Developers

The Future of Vision Restoration With ReVision Implant

How a Single List Is Changing Visibility for Women in Science

How Avatar Medical's 3D Technology Is Transforming How We Visualize the Human Body

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