When a breast cancer tumor is removed with no signs of cancer left behind, it’s great news for patients, and […]
Most precise measurements of sickle cell disease building blocks could lead to new treatments: Research could help 20 million people worldwide who suffer with sickle cell disease
In a breakthrough study of sickle cell disease, biomedical engineers in the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering […]
Pediatric cell atlas will map single-cell changes for a deeper view of child health and disease
Biomedical researchers plan to create the Pediatric Cell Atlas (PCA), a powerful new resource for fine-grained scientific understanding of human […]
Discovery paves way for precision medicine in future
University of Otago scientists have discovered a way to view the immune cell “landscape” of bowel cancer tumours, paving the […]
Rejection of transplanted organs: Long-awaited structure offers new insights
Rejection of any kind is always hard to deal with, but when one’s body rejects a precious organ transplant, the […]
An atlas of an aggressive leukemia
A team of researchers led by Bradley Bernstein at the Ludwig Center at Harvard has used single-cell technologies and machine […]
A weakness in a rare cancer that could be exploited with drugs
Cancer cells are, in some respects, impressive: They can grow relentlessly, sidestep the aging process by becoming immortal, and evade […]
Immunological scarring from celiac disease: Celiac disease can cause irreversible changes to immune cells
Immune cells in the bowel of people who suffer with celiac disease are permanently replaced by a new subset of […]
Interaction between two immune cell types could be key to better dengue vaccines
Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School have demonstrated for the first time a physical interaction between two types of immune cells […]
Cultivating 4D tissues: The self-curving cornea
Scientists at Newcastle University have developed a biological system which lets cells form a desired shape by moulding their surrounding […]