IN A MAJOR advance for human liver modeling, researchers have created pluripotent stem cell–derived fetal liver-like organoids (FLOs) that simultaneously develop hepatic tissue and a functional hematopoietic system. The platform replicates…
Nicoletta Lanese is the health channel editor at Live Science and was previously a news editor and staff writer at the site. She holds a graduate certificate in science communication from UC Santa Cruz and degrees in neuroscience and dance from…
Farm animals are attacked by a whole slew of pathogens—from the bacteria causing anthrax to the virus causing avian flu. Louis Pasteur derived the first live vaccines for animals in the 1850s, yet we’re still fighting global infections that…
Volunteers with Citymeals on Wheels got together to help homebound older New Yorkers on Christmas Day.
Volunteers on the Upper East Side were hard at work Thursday morning at the Carter Burden Luncheon…
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Mohammad Bakri, a Palestinian director and actor who sought to share the complexities of Palestinian identity and culture through a variety of works in both Arabic and Hebrew, has died, his family…
Major depressive disorder (MDD) represents a globally significant public health concern, affecting over 300 million individuals worldwide and exacerbating the global disease burden.1 Traditional antidepressants targeting the…
