Internal Medicine

The discovery of insulin and its role in diabetes began with extracting canine pancreatic secretions and culminated in the first artificial pancreas in 2016. 

Researchers identified a peptide that selectively blocks pain signaling in sensory neurons and packaged it into a viral-based gene therapy in a step towards treating chronic pain without the risk for addiction.

Although harmful in large quantities, hydrogen sulfide may ameliorate the health consequences of aging when small doses are applied to the mitochondria.

Scientists use 3D bioprinting in space to create tissues and organoids that would otherwise be difficult to make in the presence of gravity.

Using a machine learning approach, researchers discovered how to make mouse macrophages resistant to tuberculosis infection.

With some out-of-the-box engineering, researchers have developed a nature-inspired strategy to turn sugar in packaged foods into gut-healthy fiber.

Scientists developed a way to probe single cell transcriptomic data to find drugs that target cells of interest and to identify cells targeted by specific drugs.

A new mechanism for inhibiting membrane proteins could pave the way for more effective antibiotics.

Researchers are developing next-generation contact lenses that combat the disrupted fluid dynamics behind contact lens-induced dry eye syndrome.

Injecting muscle-derived cells into the tongue could help alleviate swallowing difficulties caused by head and neck cancer treatment.

Scientists use 3D bioprinting in space to create tissues and organoids that would otherwise be difficult to make in the presence of gravity.

To help bring their discoveries to the public, researchers should implement strategies to enhance access throughout the drug development process.