A device that mimics the brain cells affected by Parkinson’s disease could help find new treatments for the condition. The
Mimicking brain cells to understand Parkinson’s
Researchers create human airway stem cells from patients’ cells
For the first time, researchers have successfully created airway basal stem cells in vitro from induced pluripotent stem cells by
Virus-mimicking drug helps immune system target cunning cancer cells
Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that a drug that activates the body’s natural defenses by
Cancer-killing T cells ‘swarm’ to tumors, attracting others to the fight
When immune system T cells find and recognize a target, they release chemicals to attract more T cells which then
Novel map reveals how immune cells fight and remember infections
Researchers have charted the activity of tens of thousands of genes in mouse immune cells over the course of an
Coupling antibiotics with stem cells to fight off bone infections
Bone infections caused by implants are difficult to treat and usually require a prolonged course of antibiotic treatment. In a
Coronavirus spike protein morphs into 10 different shapes to invade cells
The novel coronavirus uses its “spike proteins” to latch onto and invade human cells. But to do so, the spikes
Can stem cells treat COVID-19?
Niels-Bjarne Woods, a researcher at Lund University in Sweden, has developed lung-specific mesenchymal stem cells to treat inflammation of the
New molecular mechanism that regulates the sentinel cells of the immune system
A team at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), working in partnership with researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital in
Cells must age for muscles to regenerate in muscle-degenerating diseases
Exercise can only improve strength in muscle-degenerating diseases when a specific type of muscle cell ages, report a Hokkaido University