One experimental injection helped mice and pigs heal after heart attack by boosting a protective heart hormone. (CREDIT: ...

The new generation of Alzheimer's disease drugs—the first proven to change the course of the disease—typically extend independent living for patients by 10 months. Called monoclonal antibodies, they ...

Researchers developed a method to measure how efficiently lipid nanoparticles release genetic cargo within mice, overcoming a longstanding hurdle in gene therapy.

Scientists have developed a promising new approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease by turning ordinary brain cells into powerful plaque-clearing machines. Instead of requiring frequent antibody ...

New research suggests that a single dose of the psychedelic compound DMT can reverse symptoms of depression, including loss ...

A single treatment of viral vector-delivered CAR-A construct in mice with existing plaque saturation cut the amount of amyloid plaques in half.

A single injection of N,N-dimethyltryptamine, the psychedelic compound found in ayahuasca, reversed depression-like symptoms in chronically stressed mice, according to a peer-reviewed study published ...

Injecting viral peptides systemically into mice activated immune cells that then targeted pancreatic tumors, opening avenues to more accessible cancer therapy.

Silica nanoparticles may make oral insulin possible by safely enhancing drug absorption through the intestinal wall in obese mice.

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) act as carriers for mRNA and CRISPR payloads across a wide range of therapeutic applications, from cancer to inflammatory and genetic diseases. The same delivery system used ...

An Orange County man has died after being bitten by a rattlesnake Feb. 1.

Lipid nanoparticles, or LNPs, best known as the delivery vehicle for the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines received by billions of people, are now at the center of a much larger medical revolution. Researchers ...