New method developed by UTSW researchers removes mysterious organelles from stem cells and embryos to uncover their roles.

Researchers at the University of Oxford and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have uncovered the mechanism by which cells identify and repair a highly toxic form of DNA ...

PROTEUS, a system designed to harness “directed evolution,” can speed the process up by years, or even decades.

John Merrick was born in Victorian England with a rare, little-understood condition known as Proteus syndrome that causes severe body disfigurement and deformities. Merrick was shunned by family ...

Local immune effector cell–associated toxicity syndrome is a newly identified side effect observed in many patients receiving CD19-targeting CAR T-cell therapy for autoimmune conditions.

Keywords: Proteus syndrome, whole exome sequencing, AKT1, tissue overgrowth, vascular malformation, difficult airway management Citation: Dockienė I, Čiuplinskas M, Zagorskis R and Kontrimavičiūtė E ...

When the researchers boosted NAD+ levels using nicotinamide riboside (a vitamin B3 compound) the affected stem cells and skin cells from patients showed less aging and improved mitochondrial activity.

In the first comprehensive, cell-by-cell analysis of brain tissue from individuals with Tourette syndrome, researchers have pinpointed exactly which cells are perturbed and how they malfunction ...

In the first comprehensive, cell-by-cell analysis of brain tissue from individuals with Tourette syndrome, researchers have pinpointed exactly which cells are perturbed and how they malfunction ...

A NINE-YEAR-OLD with a rare disorder that affects just 200 people across the globe is “slowly improving” six months into an experimental trial ...

The neurodevelomental disease Rett syndrome is usually caused by mutations in a gene called MECP2, which is located on the X chromosome. Patients lose coordination, mobility, and their ability to ...