Scientists Bioengineer Human Liver Disease in the Lab to Find New Treatments

Scientists successfully bioengineered human liver organoids that faithfully mimic key features of fatal liver disease in the laboratory. This allowed them to uncover underlying disease biology in the organoids and test a potential therapy that in...
23-May-2019 11:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Potential New Target Emerges for Preventing Preterm Birth

Experts at Cincinnati Children’s report that the systemic inflammatory process that triggers preterm birth begins in an unexpected location that suggests new ways to develop preventative medications.
2-May-2019 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Major Grant Fuels Hunt for Universal Flu Vaccine

Funds from the National Institutes of Health will accelerate the chase for one of medicine’s most elusive goals: a universal influenza vaccine.
2-May-2019 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Shining Light on Rare Nerve Tumors Illuminates a Fresh Path for Fighting Cancer

Experts use emerging technique to reveal that a protein named “Merlin” may interact with 50 other proteins to trigger the rare condition neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2). But this discovery has implications that go far beyond NF2 itself.
22-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Overlooked Molecular Machine in Cell Nucleus May Hold Key to Treating Aggressive Leukemia

Many people fighting a very aggressive form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) don’t survive more than five years. These very sick patients are often unable to receive the only cure—a bone marrow transplant. Now, an international team of scientists...
18-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Shutting Down Deadly Pediatric Brain Cancer at Its Earliest Moments

Cell-by-cell genetic analyses of developing brain tissues in neonatal mice and laboratory models of brain cancer allowed scientists to discover a molecular driver of the highly aggressive, deadly, and treatment-resistant brain cancer, glioblastoma. ...
8-Apr-2019 6:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

High-Tech Tissue Study Reveals Which Cells Drive a Painful Food Allergy

New study uses single-cell RNA sequencing technology to find a target for treating EoE. Findings also raise questions about the dietary supplement butyrate.
9-Apr-2019 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Study Shows How Light Therapy Might Help Premature Babies Avoid Vision Problems

Scientists discovered a light-dependent molecular pathway that regulates how blood vessels develop in the eye. The findings in Nature Cell Biology suggest it may be possible to use light therapy to help premature infants whose eyes are still...
28-Mar-2019 11:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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