Lab Bench to Bedside

Once thought to be a type of multiple sclerosis, the condition neuromyelitis optica is a rare autoimmune disorder. The body’s immune system, via auto-antibodies, [...]

While treatment for diabetes has progressed, there is still no cure. As a person with type 1 diabetes, Paul Belmonte, Ph.D., knows that well. [...]

There are times when a cell must cease its work. In an embryo, it’s when a hand must separate into fingers. In wound healing, [...]

When a new virus emerges that infects and sickens humans, the wheels of innovation start turning quickly in the world of health care and biomedical research. Teams [...]

Across the world, an estimated 300 million people live with one or more of over 7,000 identified rare diseases. For them, their family, friends and [...]

Cocaine is like a roller coaster in powder form. First, there is the intense rush of euphoria, excitement, and invincibility. Then, almost as quickly, there is the [...]

In his recent book, The Body, Bill Bryson reports that according to the Royal Society of Chemistry, the materials needed to build a human would [...]

With a five-year survival rate of less than 5%, a type of pancreatic cancer called pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is an urgent research priority. Now a [...]

With obesity, good advice only goes so far. What’s good for one person hasn’t turned out to be good for all, and it’s left patients and physicians adrift. [...]

Like a robot vacuum for your brain, immune cells called microglia move around and hoover up the neuro-equivalent of crumbs and dirt. But for the [...]