Scientists use 3D culture and organoid models to address a wide range of research questions related to normal development and disease states. Accurately modeling diseases in vitro is fundamental to ...

A recent breakthrough study has introduced a novel methodology that significantly enhances the accuracy of epidemiological estimates for infectious diseases like COVID-19. The study, titled ...

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease are characterized by the abnormal aggregation of pathological proteins, including Tau, α-synuclein, and Aβ. Current ...

CADASIL, an inherited disease caused by mutations in the NOTCH3 gene, damages the brain’s small blood vessels, leading to ...

Rare diseases, defined by low prevalence, collectively affect over 300 million people worldwide, representing a major public health and research challenge 1. These conditions are often characterised ...

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a significant risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Despite multiple studies reporting this connection, the mechanism by which T2D exacerbates AD is poorly understood. It ...

It can sometimes feel like we’re waiting and waiting and waiting… for the cure to neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinsons, especially now that they affect close to 40% of the world’s ...

“The First Law of Technology says we invariably overestimate the short-term impact of a truly transformational discovery, while underestimating its longer-term effects.” Ultimately, all medicine is ...

insights from industryRosanna ZhangHead of Strategic InitiativesACROBiosystemsIn our latest interview, News-Medical speaks with Rosanna Zhang from ACROBiosystems about utilizing organoids for disease ...

Many statistical models and algorithms used by scientists can be imagined as a "black box." These models are powerful tools that give accurate predictions, but their internal workings are not easily ...

Earlier methods to synthesize HAC relied on linking shorter DNA constructs into a larger chromosome within the cell in a process called multimerization. However, the genetic fragments tended to ...