Where mutation does not become cancer: RNA and neurons Neuro-inflammation can worsen the outcomes of stroke, traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury, as…
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Stem cells are vital for therapeutic treatments to repair and build human tissue like bone marrow, skin and muscles. Stem cells are increasingly being…
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In lung fibrosis, lung tissue thickens, stiffens and scars. It can no longer function normally. That’s why people with lung fibrosis have difficulty breathing.…
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A team led by a Cedars-Sinai physician-scientist has discovered a biomarker – a protein found in the blood – for the most common type…
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Belgian research groups from the UCLouvain and WELBIO, VIB and Ghent University, and the biotechnology company Argenx elucidated the three-dimensional structure of an assembly…
Leggi →The problem of memory loss motivates researchers to try to better understand how the brain works, how memories are consolidated and how and why…
Leggi →Gluten is a protein complex present in wheat, barley and most cereals. Although many people have no problem digesting this protein, many people have…
Leggi →The origin of many diseases lies in the genetic anomalies that cause malfunctions in the proteins that encode. A well-known and widely studied example…
Leggi →Blood tests that detect somatic mutations (“liquid biopsies”) offer the promise of exquisite specificity because they are based on driver gene mutations that are…
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Classical galactosemia (GASM) is one of the most common innate errors in metabolism identified by neonatal screening in the United States. Galactosemia is the…
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