New study identifies gene suspected of causing ALS and dementia
Representative human spinal cord tissue imaged at a 4X objective for DAPI (blue), CD80 (red), and Iba1 (green) from a ...
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Team discovers mechanism that protects tissues after faulty gene expression
Credit: Nucleic acid research (2024). DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae055 A study from the CECAD excellence group in aging research at the University ...
Gene editing precisely repairs immune cells
Mutated T cells are unable to kill B cells (red) induced by the Epstein-Barr virus. This causes other immune cells ...
Gene editing offers hope for people with hereditary diseases
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain A group of patients with an inherited disease had their lives transformed by a single treatment ...
New AI model designs proteins to deliver gene therapy
ProteinVAE architecture. Encoder: The pre-trained language model (e.g., ProtBert) converts the input one-hot encoded sequences to amino acid-level representation H. ...
Real-time magnetic resonance imaging during convective gene therapy in the brain
Credit: CC0 Public domain Real-time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during gene therapy in the nervous system has a fundamental impact ...
Stem cell study shows how gene activity modulates amount of immune cell production in mice
Credit: CC0 Public domain As people age or become ill, their immune systems may become exhausted and less able to ...
Gene therapy restores hearing in children with hereditary deafness
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain A new study co-led by researchers at Mass Eye and Ear, part of Mass General Brigham, ...
Researchers carry out in-depth characterization of a major gene involved in neurodegenerative diseases
PET scan of a human brain suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Credit: public domain Within our brain cells, there is a ...
Team explores role of ‘interferon gene enhancer’ in body’s innate immune system
A graphical illustration of cholesterol-dependent STING clustering and palmitoylation at the TGN. Credit: Glyco-core Research Institute When pathogens attack the ...
