Medical researchers have used animals, particularly mice, to mimic disease and study biological phenomena. The origin of mice as a standard model system for scientific research can extend back to the ...

A USC Stem Cell-led research team has achieved a major step forward in the effort to build mouse and human synthetic kidneys.

Transplanted mouse and human organoids showed kidney-like functions like blood filtration, protein uptake, and urine production.

Researchers engineered a CRISPR base editor to correct the ACTA2 mutation causing multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction ...

Researchers in Georgetown University School of Medicine (SOM) professor Alejandro Villagra’s lab are continuing novel ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative condition that typically affects older people and is the leading cause of ...

One fundamental feature of neurodegenerative diseases is a breakdown in communication. Even before brain cells die, the ...

Researchers at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine recently made an important advance in neurodegenerative disease ...

New research shows that the sugar mix in sodas and fruit juices can make colorectal cancer cells more likely to spread, at least in lab and animal studies.

Infants born with alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) begin experiencing episodes of paralysis and seizures by the time they are a few months old, followed by developmental delays and ...