New Tool Developed That Allows Rare Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells to be Studied
A tool that was developed to study nerve cells in flies has been repurposed to study proteins in the blood of mammals that bind to the RNA in the process…
Biomedical Discoveries
High Throughput Screening Identifies Six Potential COVID-19 Drugs
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, originated in China in late 2019 and has since spread around the globe at an incredible pace. At the time of writing,…
CRISPR Discovered to Play a Role in Competition Between Plasmids
Humans have harnessed the CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) system that bacteria use to remove foreign DNA from their genomes that has been inserted by viruses. Scientists are…
Efficient Revascularization of the Retina Using Primitive Stem Cells
Image: Elias Zambidis, Johns Hopkins Medicine – Human vascular progenitor cells (green) created from naïve stem cells Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have used advanced regenerative medicine techniques to reverse…
Study Confirms Egg Stem Cells Do Not Exist
The debate about whether egg stem cells exist could be at an end after a study conducted by researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden strongly suggests there is no…
Molecule Identified that Helps Maintain Balance of Stem Cells and Mature Lung Cells
Researchers at UCLA have identified a molecule that plays an important role in the homeostasis of airway and lung tissue, helping to ensure there is a healthy balance of stem…
Novel Gamma-Secretase Inhibitor Shows Potential as Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease
A promising new therapeutic target for treating Alzheimer’s disease has been identified by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS). The compound, named C1 by…
Researchers Shed Light on Cathepsin Interactions and Develop Tool to Model System Activity
A family of enzymes called cathepsins are responsible for getting rid of unneeded protein in cells by breaking them down into amino acids. Excessive amounts of protein can be toxic,…
Recently Discovered Killer T-Cell Raises Hopes of Universal T-Cell Cancer Therapy
Researchers at Cardiff University have discovered a new killer T-cell that attacks and kills most cancer cells, raising hopes it could be used as a universal cancer treatment. The researchers…
New Technique Show Promise for Improving Memory in Alzheimer’s Patients
A novel brain stimulation technique has produced promising early results for improving memory in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The technique is called ultrasound-guided transcranial pulse stimulation (TPS) and sending ultrashort…