Oncology & Cancer

Watch cancer spread in a mouse

Researchers in Japan have developed a method to image cancer at the single-cell level by using chemical techniques to make whole mouse bodies and organs highly transparent. Combining their preparation with existing imaging ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Specific nasal cells found to protect against COVID-19 in children

Important differences in how the nasal cells of young and elderly people respond to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, could explain why children typically experience milder COVID-19 symptoms, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL ...

Neuroscience

Obesity tied to weakened response to taste

Obesity is connected with a reduced response to taste, according to a new study featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State of University of New York.

Diabetes

New approach for regenerative diabetes therapy

The marker Flattop subdivides the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas into those that maintain glucose metabolism and into immature cells that divide more frequently and adapt to metabolic changes. This could provide ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Runaway immune reactions can cause long COVID breathing problems

Stanford Medicine researchers have found a mechanism behind one of the most common symptoms of long COVID—shortness of breath. Post COVID-19 breathing problems are caused by a condition known as lung fibrosis, when damaged ...

Genetics

Mapping the heart to prevent damage caused by a heart attack

Scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in Australia have produced a first of its kind integrated map of heart cells which unlocks the process of cardiac fibrosis—a major cause of heart failure.

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