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Gene and Cell Therapy
With the goal of treating and curing disease, gene and cell therapy provide treatment by means of altering a person's genetic code and transferring live cells to improve symptoms and reduce levels of disease-causing proteins.
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SEP 25, 2019Immunology
“My biological clock is ticking.” We’ve heard people say this phrase - maybe even said it ourselves - ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 23, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
A team of scientists use fluorescently labeled proteins and CRISPR technology to image DNA transcription and chromosomal ...Written By: Carly BoydSEP 21, 2019Cardiology
At normal levels, white fat tissue is known as the body's energy storage unit. When this type of tissue over accumul ...Written By: Abbie ArceSEP 19, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have successfully transplanted brain cells without the need of immune-suppressing ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 16, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Hematopoietic stem cells are used to create a population of Natural Killer T-cells that could sustain and renew within t ...Written By: Carly BoydSEP 15, 2019Immunology
New research shows a transcriptase that helps time cell death varies in expression, and is unusually localized, in cance ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaSEP 14, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium have created a DNA construction kit that, when injected into muscle cells, enables s ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 12, 2019Cancer
A young child just months old recently successfully received cancer treatment for an uncommon type of leukemia. The drug ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 05, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Nature has given us some of our best medicines; it's thought that as many as half the drugs we used are derived from nat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2019Health & Medicine
Scientists at Edinburgh University’s Roslin Institute have created a flock of sheep that carry the gene for a heri ...Written By: Dr. Nina LichtenbergAUG 26, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Until recently, many types of gene-editing methods were unable to target critical parts of DNA. Now however, researchers ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 23, 2019Cancer
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight on a potential treatment for an aggressive form of brai ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 21, 2019Microbiology
The human body carries a large community of microbes, and the ones living in our gastrointestinal tract exert a powerful ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 18, 2019Cancer
New research published in Communications Biology suggests that electromagnetic fields are capable of stopping the metast ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 06, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Toxic proteinopathies are a group of inherited diseases that are caused when improperly folded proteins accumulate in th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2019Immunology
Hair cells inside the human ear are responsible for sensing and relaying sound to the brain. In all mammals except ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaAUG 04, 2019Cancer
New research published in the journal Cell Reports sheds light on the role of the TP53 gene in preventing the spread of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 03, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Around 220 million people get malaria every year after being bitten by a mosquito infected with the parasite that causes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2019Cancer
New research published in the journal Science Signaling suggests surprising insight on melanoma, which although only acc ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 30, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Many human diseases can be traced back to genetic mutations, and researchers are beginning to find ways to correct those ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Reporting in Nature Genetics, scientists have now identified a genetic feature underlying three neurodegenerative diseas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study published in Nature reveals an immunity to the CRISPR-Cas9 proteins in humansWritten By: Carly BoydJUL 23, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about the role of exosomes in neurodevelopment.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2019Cancer
New research recently published in the journal iScience takes a deeper look into metastatic cancers, finding that a part ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 25, 2019
Immunology
“My biological clock is ticking.” We’ve heard people say this phrase - maybe even said it ourselves -
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 23, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
A team of scientists use fluorescently labeled proteins and CRISPR technology to image DNA transcription and chromosomal
...
Written By:
Carly Boyd
SEP 21, 2019
Cardiology
At normal levels, white fat tissue is known as the body's energy storage unit. When this type of tissue over accumul
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
SEP 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have successfully transplanted brain cells without the need of immune-suppressing
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 16, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Hematopoietic stem cells are used to create a population of Natural Killer T-cells that could sustain and renew within t
...
Written By:
Carly Boyd
SEP 15, 2019
Immunology
New research shows a transcriptase that helps time cell death varies in expression, and is unusually localized, in cance
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
SEP 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium have created a DNA construction kit that, when injected into muscle cells, enables s
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 12, 2019
Cancer
A young child just months old recently successfully received cancer treatment for an uncommon type of leukemia. The drug
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 05, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Nature has given us some of our best medicines; it's thought that as many as half the drugs we used are derived from nat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2019
Health & Medicine
Scientists at Edinburgh University’s Roslin Institute have created a flock of sheep that carry the gene for a heri
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
AUG 26, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Until recently, many types of gene-editing methods were unable to target critical parts of DNA. Now however, researchers
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 23, 2019
Cancer
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight on a potential treatment for an aggressive form of brai
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 21, 2019
Microbiology
The human body carries a large community of microbes, and the ones living in our gastrointestinal tract exert a powerful
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2019
Cancer
New research published in Communications Biology suggests that electromagnetic fields are capable of stopping the metast
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 06, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Toxic proteinopathies are a group of inherited diseases that are caused when improperly folded proteins accumulate in th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2019
Immunology
Hair cells inside the human ear are responsible for sensing and relaying sound to the brain. In all mammals except
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
AUG 04, 2019
Cancer
New research published in the journal Cell Reports sheds light on the role of the TP53 gene in preventing the spread of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 03, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Around 220 million people get malaria every year after being bitten by a mosquito infected with the parasite that causes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2019
Cancer
New research published in the journal Science Signaling suggests surprising insight on melanoma, which although only acc
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 30, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Many human diseases can be traced back to genetic mutations, and researchers are beginning to find ways to correct those
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Reporting in Nature Genetics, scientists have now identified a genetic feature underlying three neurodegenerative diseas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study published in Nature reveals an immunity to the CRISPR-Cas9 proteins in humans
Written By:
Carly Boyd
JUL 23, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about the role of exosomes in neurodevelopment.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2019
Cancer
New research recently published in the journal iScience takes a deeper look into metastatic cancers, finding that a part
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan