Cystinosis is a multisystemic lysosomal storage disorder caused by pathogenic variants in CTNS, the gene encoding cystinosin, a lysosomal transmembrane cystine transporter. In patients with cystinosis ...
Bone health relies on a balance between osteoblasts (builders) and osteoclasts (recyclers). Peak bone mass occurs in early adulthood; deficiencies during this window amplify fracture risks later in ...
Chinese researchers have developed a new stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease which reportedly provides rapid improvement in symptoms for patients suffering for decades from the neurological ...
The year was 2021. Tech entrepreneur Micha Breakstone, PhD, had just sold the conversation intelligence platform, Chorus.ai, to ZoomInfo for $575 million and was eager for a new challenge. As an ...
If I had a nickel for every time an Apple TV show inspired elaborate theories about eggs in 2025, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice! Apple TV kicked off ...
Syntax Bio, a synthetic biology company programming the next generation of cell therapies, has published new research in Science Advances detailing the company's CRISPR-based Cellgorithm technology, ...
Kylie Jenner is the latest A-lister hopping on the stem cell therapy bandwagon. The 28-year-old mom of two revealed that she recently underwent the procedure in the hopes of easing the “bad chronic ...
A man has become the seventh person to be left HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer. Significantly, he is also the second of the seven who received stem cells that ...
Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as "miracle" cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments. However, ...
While many people go to great lengths to prevent or mask their silver strands, a new study reveals that going gray may play an essential role in fighting off a deadly disease. Researchers claim that ...
Although embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have been successfully derived from mice and rats, efforts to establish chimeric and germline-competent ESC lines in species beyond rodents have been unsuccessful.