Fighting Cancer With Killer T-Cells
Three companies are locked in a tight race to develop next-generation immuno-oncology treatments called chimeric antigen receptor T-cells...
Scientists unveil the ‘most clever CRISPR gadget’ so far...
For all the hoopla about CRISPR, the revolutionary genome-editing technology has a dirty little secret: it’s a very messy business....
CRISPR: Transformative and Troubling
A researcher, seen through a window, prepares DNA in a laboratory at the Bioaster Technology Research Institute in Lyon. (Photo: Robert...
Newly Discovered Hormone Explains Neonatal progeroid syndrome (NPS) Disease
Patients with neonatal progeroid syndrome lack a glucose-releasing hormone, while people with insulin resistance have an abundance. ...
Tumor-Shrinking Triple-Helices
A braided structure and some adhesive hydrogel make therapeutic microRNAs both stable and sticky. MicroRNAs (miRs) are small, noncoding...
Viral ‘fossils’ in our DNA may help us fight infection
You are up to 8% virus, at least as far as your genome is concerned. Up to 100,000 pieces of ancient viral DNA live among our genes, yet...
Stopping HIV with an artificial protein
For 30 years, researchers have struggled to determine which immune responses best foil HIV, information that has guided the design of...
Predicting Treatment Response to a Rapid Antidepressant
Brain activity during specific tasks may predict how well patients with major depressive disorder respond to the experimental...
