Stimulating neurons reduces severe epileptic seizures and mortality in mice
Early intervention in a mouse model of Dravet Syndrome prevented onset of critical disease symptoms.
Tools & Techniques News
Goodbye biopsies, non-invasive diagnostics for fatty liver disease are here
Through academic, industry, and governmental partnerships, scientists validate and develop non-invasive diagnostics for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. These tests are set to replace the invasive and risky gold standard: liver biopsy.
Shrinking toys inspire diagnostics and wearable sensors of the future
Inspired by toys from her childhood, bioengineer Michelle Khine designs microscale diagnostics and wearable biosensors with the hope of revolutionizing how people monitor their health.
Organoids reveal the path to permanent kidney damage
Scientists identified a DNA repair gene that may hold the key to treating chronic kidney disease.
A custom CRISPR solution
Engineered particles improve the efficiency of base editor delivery.
Scientific research is a series of infinite mysteries
Like detectives collecting evidence to solve a case, scientists perform experiments to unravel the mysteries of life.
Multiple mutations may no longer stump gene therapies
Creative solutions may enable gene therapy for more common diseases.
Biotech start-ups and condensate targeted drugs
Membraneless droplet like organelles known as condensates are changing the way some scientists approach drug discovery.
A mysterious cellular tango
Researchers no longer think that proteins blindly swim through the cytoplasm hoping to bump into one another. Instead, they intentionally aggregate with other biomolecules, forming membrane free, transient organelles called condensates.
A new weight loss strategy turns fat into energy
By using extracellular vesicles to target specific neurons in the hypothalamus, scientists induced weight loss in a mouse model of obesity without altering its diet or exercise.
