Investigators at the Brigham and the Broad Institute have created specialized, tissue-like structures in the laboratory to model barrier tissues, such as the intestines, to identify new targets for ...

Investigators have created specialized, tissue-like structures in the laboratory to model barrier tissues, such as the intestines, to identify new targets for treatment. Investigators at the Brigham ...

Using a specialized MRI sensor, MIT researchers have shown that they can detect light deep within tissues such as the brain. Imaging light in deep tissues is extremely difficult because as light ...

Our immune system has an ingenious trick up its sleeve. It remembers past foes, stopping potential sickness in its tracks through a phenomenon known as immunological memory. This is thanks to ...

The human immune system is like an army of specialized soldiers (immune cells) each with a unique role to play in fighting disease. In a new study published in Nature, led by scientists at the Allen ...

A teratoma is a rare congenital tumor that can have specialized tissues, including hair, teeth, and structures from organs like the eye. Survival rates are high, but they frequently require surgical ...

When we developed the ability to convert various cells into a stem cell, it held the promise of an entirely new type of therapy. Rather than getting the body to try to fix itself with its cells or ...

Different cell types typically express unique genes to help them differentiate into their assigned roles—skin cells express genes for skin while liver cells express genes for liver and so on. However, ...

How do Cells Differentiate? An unspecialized egg gives rise to all the specialized tissues of an organism. The study of this marvelous phenomenon engages two disciplines of the modern biology: ...

Scientists have announced the discovery that, in tests to develop multifunctional kidney tissue, young stem-cell populations showed dramatic advantages compared with organoids that were just one week ...