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Functional Immune Repertoire Analysis
Functional Immune Repertoire Analysis: Finding novel ways to measure, understand and advance vaccine-mediated protection towards personalized vaccination strategies.
3D printing method developed for repairing brain injuries
Scientists have used 3D printing technology to create engineered brain tissue resembling a simplified cerebral cortex using human stem cells.
Artificially grown mini-brains offer new opportunities for neuroscience
Researchers have developed animal-free artificially grown mini-brains (human brain organoids) that could revolutionise neuroscience research.
Understanding inflammatory cytokine secretion
Professor Paige Lacy, PhD, at the University of Alberta, delves into inflammatory cytokine release and its function to aid the body’s natural responses.
Research, innovation and health inequalities of blood transfusion
Open Access Government investigates the rudiments of blood transfusion, focussing on research in the field and health inequalities.
Cancer research: The only way to avoid a cancer epidemic
Dr Lynn Turner, Director of Research at Worldwide Cancer Research, states that cancer research is the only way to avoid a cancer epidemic.
Unlocking dark matter in our genome to fuel immune responses
Dr Helen M Rowe at the Centre for Immunobiology at the Queen Mary University of London looks towards unlocking dark matter for the potential to boost immune responses in humans.
Unlocking dark matter for genome remodelling
Dr Helen Rowe, Senior Lecturer in Epigenetics, outlines the significance of research into dark matter and genome remodelling
Third known case of HIV remission after stem cell transplant
After receiving a cord blood stem cell transplant to treat acute myeloid leukaemia a woman with diagnosed HIV has had no detectable levels of HIV for 14 months
Secrets of the immune system could help unlock future MS treatments
Researchers have identified why certain cells in the body, known as Th17 cells can go rogue and promote the onset of MS
New stem cell model of albinism to study related eye conditions
First patient-derived stem cell model for studying eye conditions related to oculocutaneous albinism developed by the National Eye Institute
Lead author of the report, Doctor Aman George from the National Eye Institute (NEI) stated that “this ‘disease-in-a-dish’ system will help us understand how the absence of pigment in albinism leads...
The long-term effects of exposure to nanoparticles
In toxicology & health science focus, Ken Tachibana, Sanyo-Onoda City University in Japan, walks through the long-term effects of exposure to nanoparticles
Stem cell therapy to treat brittle bone disease
Pascale V Guillot from Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women’s Health, provides further analysis of stem cell therapy for brittle bone disease
miRNAs in brain cancer therapy – Mighty things from small beginnings grow
Dr Hernando Lopez-Bertoni at the Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of medicine, discusses the development of miRNAs in brain cancer therapy
Stem cell & gene therapy to treat osteogenesis imperfecta: hype or hope
Pascale V Guillot from University College London, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women’s Health, explains stem cell and gene therapy to treat osteogenesis imperfecta, but is this hype or hope?
The future of regenerative cell therapeutics
Tobias Deuse, Cardiac Surgeon and Scientist at University of California San Francisco, reveals to us the future of regenerative cell therapeutics.
‘London patient’ becomes second person permanently cured of HIV
The 'London patient' joins the 'Berlin patient' as the second person in history to be cured of HIV, which is achieved via transplant of rare HIV-resistant stem cells.
Vascular therapies for mental health disorders
Here, Dr Anju Vasudevan, discusses two distinct vascular therapies in the prenatal, postnatal, and adult brain to combat mental illness.
Umbilical cord stem cells have the potential to treat COVID-19
Studies suggest that the use of mesenchymal stem cells collected from umbilical cord blood and tissue are a safe and effective way to alleviate symptoms of coronavirus and promote fast recovery.
April 2020 North America Analysis
In this North America April 2020 edition, David Goff at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, details the support for heart and vascular health research.