A previously unknown structure discovered in our cells could pave the way toward new treatments for various genetic disorders. The existence of the organelle—which has been dubbed the ...

The cure for diabetes is a life free from daily insulin injections. Based on that criterion, ten out of 12 people (83%) in a new clinical trial were cured of their diabetes one year after ...

Move over, wrinkle creams—caffeine may hold the key to a longer life.

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan studied what happens when macrophages—a type of immune cell—encounter dying cancer cells in tumors and discovered a mechanism that accelerates tumor ...

Cancer cells turbocharge themselves by stealing the energy-producing units from neurons in tumours, scientists report today in Nature 1. This act of thievery seems to give cancer cells a boost to ...

In a clinical trial led by University of Toronto researchers, an allogeneic stem cell–derived islet therapy (zimislecel) restored insulin production and ended severe hypoglycemia in adults with ...

Homan suggested that these cells are “involved in a lot of crime,” including drug and sex trafficking, “because they’ve got to finance their activity.” ...

A Canadian woman with type 1 diabetes spent nearly a decade dependent on her glucose monitor and insulin shots — but after a single dose of manufactured stem cells implanted into her liver, she ...

How brain cells meant to help may be making depression worse Researchers identify astrocyte-mediated molecular pathways that are key to the onset and progression of neuroinflammation in clinical ...

Current approved CAR T-cell therapy treatments rely on an ex vivo route, in which a patient’s T cells are removed, genetically engineered to target antigens, and put back into the patient. From ...