A study in Biological Psychiatry has established a new analytical method for investigating the complex genetic origins of mental illnesses
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Cancer stem cells use ‘normal’ genes in abnormal ways
CDK1 is a “normal” protein—its presence drives cells through the cycle of replication. And MHC Class I molecules are “normal”
Continue reading »Researchers identify human skeletal stem cells
Human skeletal stem cells that become bone, cartilage, or stroma cells have been isolated from fetal and adult bones. This
Continue reading »Immune response mechanism described for fate determination of T cells
After a pathogen infects the body, the immune system responds with a remarkable—and remarkably complicated—cascade of events. Some immune cells,
Continue reading »Often-overlooked natural killer cells may be key to cancer immunotherapy
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are revolutionizing the treatment of cancer, but new research challenges the central dogma of how these drugs
Continue reading »Liver disease drug could help restore cells damaged by Alzheimer’s
A drug which has been used to treat liver disease for decades could help to restore cells damaged by Alzheimer’s,
Continue reading »Clarifying the role of a protein released by immune ‘dendritic’ cells could yield better treatments
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which afflicts millions of people worldwide, arises when the immune system mounts an overly aggressive response
Continue reading »Signaling cascade that repairs damaged nerve cells characterized
Through a study of roundworm nerve cells with severed axons, researchers at Nagoya University showed that a signaling cascade that
Continue reading »Stressed, toxic, zombie cells seen for first time in Alzheimer’s
A type of cellular stress known to be involved in cancer and aging has now been implicated, for the first
Continue reading »Scientists give mice back their vision using gene therapy
Scientists give mice back their vision for the first time ever using gene therapy Blindness could be REVERSIBLE: Scientists give
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