Alternative RNA splicing is like a movie editor cutting and rearranging scenes from the same footage to create different ...

In Restem, LLC v. Jadi Cell, LLC, No. 2023-2054 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 13, 2025), the Federal Circuit upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s ...

Research reveals howneurogenic connection can directly trigger inflammatory processes, creating pain patterns that challenge ...

Discover the unexpected benefits of donating blood. Regular donation may lower your risk of blood cancers and enhance your health.

In 2006, Shinya Yamanaka made a groundbreaking discovery that would win him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine just ...

Artificial photosynthesis holds the key to cleaner energy and carbon capture, but replicating nature’s process is no easy ...

In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells ...

A new process for converting skin cells to neurons directly could make it easier to develop therapies for neurodegenerative disorders.

Converting one type of cell to another — for example, a skin cell to a neuron — can be done through a process that requires ...

Most cells in the body send out little messengers called extracellular vesicles that carry proteins, lipids, and other ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial & Appeal Board patentability finding, explaining that an anticipation ...

MIT researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the need to generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Such neurons could be used to treat spinal cord ...