Just as life pulsates in big vibrant cities, it also prospers in crowded environments inside cells. The interior of cells is ...

Research on rare post-mortem brain tissue shows changes in gene activity, offering new insight into the biological basis of depression. Researchers from McGill University and the Douglas Institute hav ...

Maybe aging isn’t the slow, solitary process we imagine, but a collective breakdown—our cells dragging each other toward ...

Lab-grown brain cells improved stroke recovery in mice by repairing circuits and reducing damage. Human trials could follow within 5–7 years.

The need to suppress a patient’s immune system after the transplantation of allogeneic cells is associated with wide-ranging side effects. We report the outcomes of transplantation of genetically ...

Results from a three-year trial suggest an experimental gene therapy for Huntington's disease can slow the progression of the deadly condition by 75%.

Alcohol doesn’t just damage the liver — it locks its cells in a strange “in-between” state that prevents them from healing.

Huntington’s is the result of a strange mutation that amounts to a genetic stutter. Three letters of the genetic code, C, A ...

Uppsala University Hospital-led investigators report that gene-edited donor islet cells survived 12 weeks inside a man with long-standing type 1 diabetes without any immunosuppressive medication.