Cell & Gene Therapy

Scientists discover ancient single-celled ancestors still live on in your blood Scientists uncovered evidence that human blood cells may trace their origins back to single-celled ancestors that lived 700 million years ago. By rebuilding the evolutionary family tree of blood cells, the team revealed how today’s immune system grew from some of Earth’s earliest life forms.

Scientists Discover S***m Seem To Bypass a Fundamental Law of Physics S***m cells move through fluids that should stop them almost instantly, yet new research suggests they succeed by exploiting unusual properties of active living matter.

Scientists uncover how two proteins essential for immune cell development work together Researchers at VIB, Ghent University, and VUB have uncovered how two proteins essential for immune cell development work together at the molecular level.

Scientists Just Captured Killer T Cells in Action Inside Tumors Scientists just uncovered how the immune system’s killer cells strike cancer with microscopic precision.

Immune Cells 'Remember' Obesity Long After Weight Loss, Study Finds Defeating obesity is rarely easy.

Scientists Discover New Way To Make Drug-Resistant Cancer Treatable Again A newly discovered molecule disrupts cancer cells’ ability to repair DNA by triggering the breakdown of key proteins. Cancer cells can survive by repairing damage to their DNA—even damage that would normally be fatal. A key defense mechanism is homologous recombination, a highly accurate repair ...

Nature vs nurture: How much of our personalities are determined at birth? Research is revealing surprising new insights about how much our genes do – and don't – make us who we are.

Scientists Create Improved Insulin Cells That Reverse Diabetes in Mice An improved stem cell method produces functional insulin cells that reverse diabetes in mice.

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Scientists Uncover Hidden Trigger Behind Stem Cell Aging A known cell-death protein turns out to quietly reshape stem cell aging.