Oncology & Cancer
Algorithm offers new way to spot patients likely to respond to immunotherapy
Scientists have developed a new way of using cancers' DNA to spot cancer patients who may benefit from immunotherapy.
Mar 10, 2023
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News tagged with atlas
Neuroscience
Map of immune cells in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid provides invaluable information
For diagnosis of and therapy decisions on neurological diseases, the cerebrospinal fluid is often key. The cells in this fluid may also provide information on pathological processes that occur in the brain. Of course, this ...
Dec 14, 2022
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Neuroscience
Charting the human brain with new tools
Researchers are developing a cell atlas—a comprehensive reference of all cell types, including their location, shape, and distribution—for the human brain. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2022, the annual ...
Nov 9, 2022
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Neuroscience
A new 3D digital atlas of the brain of vertebrates
The tissues of every living organism develop from a few cells that divide and move until they reach their final destination and position. The process of how a certain tissue or organ is formed is called morphogenesis, and ...
Oct 25, 2022
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Medical research
Kidney resident macrophages have distinct subpopulations and occupy distinct microenvironments
Macrophages are immune cells that engulf and digest pathogens, cancer cells or cellular debris. The kidneys—like other tissues in the body—contain kidney resident macrophages, or KRMs, from the time of birth. These KRMs ...
Sep 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers develop a comprehensive atlas of disease mortality
A detailed collection of mortality estimates for diseases, disorders and external factors is publishing on June 16th in the open access journal PLOS Medicine. The study provides a resource to estimate reductions in life expectancy ...
Jun 16, 2022
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Neuroscience
Findings open way for personalized multiple sclerosis treatment
Currently available therapies to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) lack precision and can lead to serious side effects. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now developed a method for identifying the immune cells ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Study reports genomic data disparities among racial groups
Mayo Clinic researchers studied the differences in genomic data quality among racial groups in one of the largest and most widely used cancer research datasets, The Cancer Genome Atlas.
Mar 17, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Team identifies changes in gene expression and cell interactions involved in COPD
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Yale University and other institutions have identified previously unrecognized changes in gene expression and cellular interactions in distinct cell populations in chronic obstructive ...
Jan 27, 2022
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Medical research
Researchers identify proteins that could predict liver transplant rejection
Northwestern University scientist have discovered families of proteins in the body that could potentially predict which patients may reject a new organ transplant, helping inform decisions about care.
Jan 27, 2022
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