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The 98% mystery: Scientists just cracked the code on “junk DNA” linked to Alzheimer’s
by Science Daily - Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to Alzheimer’s disease. By experimentally testing nearly 1,000 DNA switches in human astrocytes, scientists identified around 150...
New method preserves iPS cells for regenerative medicine
By Drug Target Review - Kobe University researchers have developed a new way of freeze induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) directly in their culture dishes without losing viability or pluripotency. Researchers at Kobe University have developed a novel method...
MIT Scientists Have Discovered a Way To Rejuvenate the Immune System
By Anne Trafton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - ScitTechDaily - As the immune system weakens with age, researchers have found a way to temporarily boost its function by reprogramming liver cells to support T-cell development. As people get older, the immune...
Lab-Grown Brain Tissue Finally Wires Itself Thanks to Crystal-Loaded Microgels
by ScienceBlog - Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have engineered a solution using tiny microgels packed with antioxidant crystals. Published in Advanced Functional Materials, their work demonstrates how a single dose of these protective...
Interviews of 2025: The Big Issues
By Danny Sullivan - Longevity.Technology - Healthspan as a universal right, the need for new regulation, the age of mitochondrial therapies and 7 shifts to accelerate longevity. As we reflect on some of the interviews we’ve conducted over the past 12 months, it’s...
Novel surgical approach for retinal gene therapy shows promise
By Mayo Clinic - A Mayo Clinic study published in the September 2025 issue of Science Advances explores a novel approach to retinal gene therapy using fibrin hydrogels encapsulating adeno-associated virus 2-green fluorescent protein (AAV2-GFP). The findings suggest a...
UC Irvine receives $12 million to test novel stem cell therapy for Huntington’s disease
By UCI Health News - CIRM award will support first-of-its-kind clinical trial in humans This award will support a first-in-human safety and tolerability study of an embryonic stem cell-derived neural stem cell product for Huntington’s disease, a milestone for patients...
To Bring Cell Culture into the Future, Consider Microenvironments
by James Lim, PhD - The Scientist - Let’s face it: Nobody pursues a career in science for the joy of culturing cells. But this thankless and time-intensive task is the backbone of biological research. When it’s done extremely well, the results generated from...
Case Study: Patient Remains Disease Free Five Years After Allogenic CAR T-Cell Therapy
By Cleveland Clinic - Patient with quadruple refractory multiple myeloma achieves complete response with cell therapy A Cleveland Clinic patient participated in a clinical trial of allogenic CAR T-cell therapy to treat highly resistant multiple myeloma and achieved a...
The quest to slow aging leads scientists into the powerhouse of cells
by Mark Johnson - MSN - Aging taps us on the shoulder in many ways: wrinkles, thinning hair, loss of flexibility, slowing of the brain. But the process also unfolds at a more fundamental, microscopic level, as the energy source inside most cells deteriorates....
Disarming cancer stem cells’ shield makes immunotherapy more effective
by UChicagoMedicine - Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer care by training the immune system to detect and destroy tumors. For many patients, it works very well in shrinking tumors and sending cancer into remission, an undetectable state of cancer. But that...
Regeneron’s experimental therapy combo effective in untreated cancer patients
By Sriparna Roy - Reuters News - Regeneron (REGN.O), opens new tab said on Saturday its experimental cancer combination therapy was effective and showed disappearance of the disease in previously untreated patients with a type of blood cancer in the first part of a...