by UT Southwestern Medical Center | Mar 5, 2021 | BioPharma, News
While the amazing regenerative power of the liver has been known since ancient times, the cells responsible for maintaining and replenishing the liver have remained a mystery. Scientists Now, research from the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT...
by Walter Reed Army Institute of Research | Jan 19, 2021 | BioPharma
Researchers from the PTSD Systems Biology Consortium, led by scientists from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, have identified distinct biotypes for post-traumatic stress disorder, the first of their kind for any psychological disorder. “These biotypes...
by James Urton-U. Washington | Nov 10, 2020 | BioPharma, Inspiration, Medical Devices
A nanoparticle-based drug delivery system can ferry a potent anti-cancer drug through the bloodstream safely, researchers report. Shrimpy The nanoparticle is derived from chitin, a natural and organic polymer that, among other things, makes up the outer shells of...
by Myelin sheath | Nov 9, 2020 | BioPharma, Inspiration, News
by Alice McCarthy, Children’s Hospital Boston Loss of myelin—the fatty substance that surrounds the axons of nerve cells—is one of the reasons nerve cells fail to recover after injury and in some diseases. strategies Myelin acts like insulation, covering the...
by Leibniz Institute on Aging | Oct 15, 2020 | BioPharma, News
Neuronal critical periods are limited phases of life during which the plasticity of neural connections is at its maximum and the development of the brain is adapted to the environment. Studying Researchers at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa and the Leibniz...
by Jennifer Reiley, Texas A&M University | Aug 20, 2020 | BioPharma, News, Oncology
Dr. Abhishek Jain, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Medical Physiology in the College of Medicine, collaborated with researchers from the Departments of Gynecologic Oncology and Cancer Biology at MD Anderson Cancer...