Category: 6. Health

Inside the cell reside many tiny assembly factories and warehouses that gather together all of the proteins and RNAs-which carry out instructions from our DNA-that a living being needs. 

These assemblies, called biomolecular…

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by the specific destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic β-cells. While islet transplantation has demonstrated promise, its widespread application is hampered by…

A recent study published in JAMA Oncology suggests that the ideal duration of hormone therapy for patients with localized prostate cancer may depend on a patients’ individual cancer risk, allowing physicians to tailor treatment plans and…

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne zoonotic viral disease that presents a formidable challenge to global health given its high case-fatality rate, broad endemic geography, and lack of widely approved pharmacologic or…

Memories are avid travelers: After they form in the hippocampus, they pass through intermediate regions such as the thalamus before finally stabilizing in the cortex. Yet not all memories survive this journey and become consolidated….

For many families who lose someone to suicide, the same…

Scientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Geneva University Hospital (HUG) have engineered a new CAR T cell therapy approach that can destroy glioblastoma cells. The new…