
A New Genetic Map of the Human Eye Could One Day Reveal Vision Loss Years Before Symptoms Start
A new map of the human eye made using donated eyeballs that could help explain and possibly prevent a handful of sight-related diseases.

A new map of the human eye made using donated eyeballs that could help explain and possibly prevent a handful of sight-related diseases.

DNA can be exchanged between two cells that connect by forming nanotubes, and find out why this is crucial for cancer research.

In a world first, a research team at the University of Zurich has successfully treated mice carrying an inherited form of epilepsy.

The study, published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia, showed that having a biological age older than chronological age is associated with a greater likelihood of developing dementia, particularly vascular dementia, and with an earlier age of onset across dementia subtypes.

Glioblastoma is one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer, and despite surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, the disease almost always returns. Part of the reason is that these tumors are remarkably good at evading the immune system.

Now, a team of researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has developed a new type of CAR T cell therapy that targets a protein found almost exclusively on leukemia cells and not on healthy cells.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, showed that a stem cell transplant in which the donor cells have been genetically engineered to remove a particular protein helps prevent toxic side effects and potentially improves the effectiveness of therapies given after a transplant to help prevent cancer recurrence.

A team led by Prof. Dr. Thomas Thum, Director of the Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies at Hannover Medical School (MHH), has produced a synthetic antagonist called CDR132L, which can block the main switch for cardiac hypertrophy and reverse chronic heart failure.

Misshapen proteins cause a mess of trouble—particularly in neurodegenerative diseases. But a new study suggests it’s possible that giving them a little bit of extra support could keep them working correctly, and even reverse the damage they have caused.

Together, these announcements represent a step forward in increasing accessibility to complex DNA