Scientists use stem cells to recreate a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease in human neurons
Slide showing the development of Lewy bodies. Credit: Armin Bayati of the Peter McPherson Laboratory, Le Neuro Lewy bodies are ...
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Pancreatic cancer tumor map reveals notable differences between primary and metastatic disease
Identification of pancreatic cancer architecture. Credit: Natural genetics (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01914-4 Researchers at Indiana University's Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive ...
Brain molecule reverses movement deficits in Parkinson’s disease, providing new therapeutic target
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain A research team from the University of California, Irvine, is the first to reveal that a ...
Scientists discover genetic cause of rare autoimmune disease
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain A team of international scientists has discovered the genetic basis of a rare hereditary autoimmune disease, ...
Immunotherapy for gum disease? A study in mice is promising
Microparticles containing the immunomodulatory compound CCL2. Credit: Julie Kobyra, University of Pittsburgh Targeting the immune system could prevent or treat ...
Creating a more accurate model of inflammatory bowel disease
Credit: iScience (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.111049 A research team led by Junior Associate Professor Kazuo Takayama, from the Department of Cell ...
Automatic speech recognition learns to understand people with Parkinson’s disease by listening to them
Credit: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. As Mark Hasegawa-Johnson was going through the data for his latest project, ...
Researchers discover what hinders DNA repair in Huntington’s disease patients
A montage of three images of striatal neurons transfected with a disease-associated version of huntingtin, the protein that causes Huntington's ...
Treatments that maintain healthy synapses may help prevent and alleviate symptoms of prion disease
Differentiation of human iPSCs into cortical pyramidal neurons via dual SMAD inhibition. Credit: Stem Cell Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2024.08.010 Genetic ...
Researchers Create Mouse Model to Mimic Parkinson’s Disease
Loss of dopaminergic neurons in G51D mice. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2406479121 Researchers from ...
