The medicine of the future could be driven by mechanical cell memory
It's not a cure for baldness. But it might eliminate crow's feet and laugh lines by telling the tissues in your face how to remember their more elastic youth.
Oct 10, 2026
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Cells: News and Research on Connective Tissue Cells
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Nasal vaccine additive improves flu survival in mice even 100 days after treatment
The COVID-19 pandemic showed the challenges of protecting populations when a new respiratory virus emerges. Although vaccines were developed at unprecedented speed, there was still a period when vaccines were not yet available, ...
Oct 9, 2026
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Lab-grown blood vessels reveal roles of different cells in rapid-aging disease
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a three-layer model of human blood vessels that enables researchers to better understand how Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), a rare genetic disorder that ...
Oct 9, 2026
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Shifting immune cells toward cancer-fighting mode: Sugar-coated extensions reveal a potential target
Our bodies contain immune cells called macrophages. Normally, these cells attack and suppress bacteria and cancer cells. However, when macrophages infiltrate tumors, they can become tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and ...
Oct 8, 2026
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Common airway bacterium may help prepare lungs to fight pneumonia
A common bacterium found in the mouth and airways may help the lungs better defend themselves against pneumonia, according to new research from the University of Colorado Anschutz.
Oct 7, 2026
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Experimental cancer treatment disrupts cell communication to suppress tumor growth in animal tests
A research team has developed an anticancer treatment platform that simultaneously targets cancer cells and the surrounding cells that support them while blocking communication between the two.
Oct 7, 2026
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International study validates less invasive approach to diagnosing mitochondrial disease
Researchers at Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) and the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine have published one of the largest studies to date evaluating advanced laboratory testing for mitochondrial ...
Oct 6, 2026
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New imaging method links cells' spatial organization to cancer outcomes
Tumors are not made up of cancer cells alone. They also contain immune cells and other support cells that interact within a complex ecosystem known as the tumor microenvironment. A doctoral thesis by Linglong Huang at the ...
Oct 5, 2026
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Researchers discover why 'zombie cells' accumulate with age
As we grow older, our bodies accumulate "zombie cells"—living cells that have stopped dividing or functioning normally but linger in our tissues, contributing to chronic inflammation and age-related diseases. A new study ...
Oct 5, 2026
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New weight-loss injection targets fat cells: CBL-514 selectively induces apoptosis of fat cells
Details of a new injection that targets fat cells will be released at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept. 28–Oct. 2). Studies show that the new drug, CBL-514, ...
Oct 2, 2026
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