The map for a journey to the center of the brain
In the 1970s, scientists from several countries proposed to reconstruct, one by one, all the neurons in the brain as they appear under an electron microscope. They started with a…
Biotechnology
Cell mapping yields clues to metabolic health in obese individuals
Endocrine/metabolic Researchers at the University of Leipzig and ETH Zurich have used single-cell sequencing to identify differences between fat tissue of obese individuals who are metabolically unhealthy, and those who…
Second insulin receptor offers new therapeutic avenues
Investigators at the Helmholtz Institute have shown that inceptor, an inhibitor of the insulin signaling pathway, acted by binding insulin and targeting it for degradation. “Insulin was discovered 100 years…
Engineered T cells can serve as organ-specific delivery service
Drug design, drug delivery & technologies Researchers from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have successfully replicated the design of regulatory T cells, achieving local targeted immune suppression and…
A single mutation in H5N1 is all that’s needed for easier transmissibility
A single mutation in H5N1 is all that’s needed for easier transmissibility
A single mutation in H5N1 is all that’s needed for easier transmissibility
A single mutation in H5N1 is all that’s needed for easier transmissibility