A new class of biomaterial developed by researchers for an infectious disease nanovaccine effectively boosted immunity in mice with metabolic…
Cancer prevention drug also disables H. pylori bacterium
A medicine currently being tested as a chemoprevention agent for multiple types of cancer has more than one trick in…
A bad bout of flu triggers ‘taste bud cells’ to grow in the lungs
When researchers examined mice that had recovered from severe influenza, they came upon a surprising discovery: Taste bud cells had…
3D-printed tissues may keep athletes in action
Bioscientists have learned to 3D-print scaffolds that may help heal osteochondral injuries of the sort suffered by many athletes.
Screening for colorectal cancer at 45 would avert deaths, but testing older adults would do more
Starting routine colorectal cancer screening at age 45 rather than 50 would decrease U.S. cancer deaths, but screening a greater…
Novel brain map tracks early brain atrophy from HIV infection
A new map of brain tissue in people with HIV shows atrophy in several areas including a primary neurocognitive control…
Researchers optimize gene editing for SCD and beta thalassemia
Gene editing of patients’ blood stem cells can potentially cure many blood disorders. But introducing targeted edits into these cells…
In mice, single population of stem cells contributes to lifelong hippocampal neurogenesis
In the latest update in the field of adult neurogenesis, a team of researchers has shown in mice that a…
A billion people will be newly exposed to diseases like dengue fever as world temperatures rise
As many as a billion people could be newly exposed to disease-carrying mosquitoes by the end of the century because…
Researchers discover the source of new neurons in brain’s hippocampus
Researchers have shown, in mice, that one type of stem cell that makes adult neurons is the source of this…