How Targeting Killer T Cells in the Lungs Could Lead to Immunity Against Respiratory Viruses How targeting killer T cells in the lungs could lead to immunity against respiratory viruses. Watch YouTube video from Salk Institute...
Research Team Develops Technology to Improve Effectiveness of Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine Stem cells have been holding great promise for regenerative medicine for years. In the last decade, several studies have shown that this type of cell, which in Spanish is called "mother cell" because of its ability to
Scientists Make Precise Gene Edits to Mitochondrial DNA for First Time A peculiar bacterial enzyme has allowed researchers to achieve what even the popular CRISPR–Cas9 genome-editing system couldn’t manage: targeted changes to the genomes of mitochondria, cells’ crucial energy-producing structures. Read more...
Putting ‘Super’ in Natural Killer Cells Deleting an inhibitory gene in natural killer cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells is found to boost their anti-tumor activity and persistence; researchers now seek to develop a clinical therapy. Read more...
First Coronavirus Vaccine Tested in Humans Shows Early Promise The vaccine, developed by government scientists and Moderna, a biotech company, appeared safe and provoked an immune response in 45 people in a study. Read more...
Researchers Create Unique DNA Biosensor for Early Stage Disease Detection Disease detection at an early stage is one of the biggest challenges biochemists and materials scientists are trying to meet by combining their expertise at Missouri S&T. The researchers used nanotechnology in biomedical diagnostics – a process called nanodiagnostics –
Unique Cells Found in Lung Cancer Patients may Predict Survival Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. Most who are diagnosed with lung cancer do not survive five years. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type, where tumor cells shed from the
Effort to Screen Potential COVID-19 Antiviral Drugs Underway Six months into the pandemic, people diagnosed with mild cases of COVID-19 still are told to isolate themselves and wait out the infection at home. Doctors monitor such patients so they can intervene if their condition deteriorates, but no antiviral drugs have
Experimental Drug Shows Early Promise Against Inherited Form of ALS, Trial Indicates An experimental drug for a rare, inherited form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has shown promise in a phase 1/phase 2 clinical trial conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston
Scientists Model Human Stem Cells to Recognize Degeneration in Glaucoma In excess of 3 million Americans have glaucoma, a genuine eye condition causing vision misfortune. Utilizing human immature microorganism models, analysts at Indiana University School of Medicine discovered they could break down shortfalls inside cells harmed by glaucoma, with the