Alpha-1-antitrypsin is a so-called protease inhibitor, a type of enzyme inhibitor. It is produced in the liver but exerts its ...

Two new studies suggest that Parkinson's disease can potentially be treated with stem cells placed in a patient's brain.

Cells are sensitive to many forms of stimuli including light and heat, but little is known about the cellular response to ...

Nanoplastics can enter the brain, accumulate in organs, and trigger inflammation. Learn how these invisible pollutants impact ...

As part of an international study, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry used spatial proteomics method ...

One reason why our livers excel at clearing waste from our blood system is that the organ functions according to three key ...

In the short term, these multi-zonal liver organoids will help scientists shed new light on diseases including diabetes, drug-induced liver injury, alcohol-related liver disease, and viral hepatitis.

Two independent clinical trials demonstrate the safety of stem cell therapies for Parkinson's disease. The papers, published ...

Two studies published in Nature found stem cell-derived products can not only be safely transplanted into the brain, but also ...

Ethical chicken nuggets might soon be on the menu as Japanese scientists have successfully produced more than 10 grams of ...

A study of about 250 patients in America, published in 2024 in the New England Journal of Medicine, linked the presence of ...

A team of over 150 scientists has achieved what once seemed impossible: a complete wiring and activity map of a tiny section ...