In this review, the authors discuss “actinopathies” in terms of the clinical aspects and cellular mechanisms, with a focus on the effect of these mutations on neutrophil function.…
Mark Ballow, MD, of the University of South Florida, and Jolan Walter, MD, PhD, of the University of South Florida and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, discuss COVID-19…
Joseph Vassalotti, MD, Chief Medical Officer of the National Kidney Foundation, wants to remind physicians that urine testing to measure the albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) isn’t done as frequently as…
Perfusion decellularization has recently been used to remove genetic material in pig organs, allowing them to be seeded with human stem cells in the hopes of securing a…
Scientists at the Diabetes Research Institute are testing different versions of a platform for islet transplantation that could eliminate the need for insulin therapy for type 1 diabetes…
In 2015, Chinese biotechnology company Revotek released a 3d-bioprinter that fabricates blood vessels using a bio-ink made from stem cells. Just before the close of 2016, Kang Yujian,…
An injection of cells using only a local anesthetic might be able to deliver the same benefits as a full pancreatic transplant without the tumultuous side effects.
