Genetic studies have revealed many genes linked to both common and rare disease, but to understand how those genes bring about disease and use those insights to help develop therapies, scientists need ...

A new study highlights how both neuronal and peripheral tissues become disrupted in Alzheimer’s disease. A team of researchers from Baylor College of Medicine (TX, USA), the Jan and Dan Duncan ...

Heart cells derived from human stem cells stained for muscle protein (green) and nuclei (blue). CREDIT: Image courtesy of Parvin Forghani, PhD, Emory University larger image Heart disease may be the ...

3D tissue engineering is advancing rapidly, enabling researchers to mimic the complexity of in vivo conditions with 3D in vitro assays. According to Jonathan Garlick, D.D.S, Ph.D., a professor of oral ...

When the powerhouses of the cell malfunction, one person may develop cardiomyopathy and another a brain disorder. What is the mechanism protecting the brain of the heart patient – and vice versa?

This article examines how exercise-induced exerkines prevent disease, as well as promote metabolic, cardiovascular, immune, ...

Gene expression reveals that different types of human cell can work as a unit. These cellular modules, found in several tissues, change during disease. However, suitable computational methods are ...

Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and causes inflammation of the digestive tract. The exact cause of Crohn’s disease remains unknown. Several factors, such as heredity and ...

Never-before-seen 3D reconstructions of human liver tissue have been created at a cellular level. The details obtained by a team of UW Medicine and University of Washington engineers and physicians ...

By Vijay Kumar Malesu Scientists are detecting nanoplastics in human brain tissue and exploring how these particles may influence the risk of neurodegenerative diseases, but major questions about ...