Peer-reviewed discovery platform and data in PNAS show that single transcription factor modulation reverses aging-associated gene expression and restores healthy cellular and tissue function in models ...

Jonas Salk quietly built the polio vaccine through rigorous, methodical work in Pittsburgh: treating patients, refining data, conducting massive trials, before unveiling results that altered the ...

In 2006, Kyoto University’s Professor Yamanaka Shin’ya made a groundbreaking discovery: a method to reprogram ordinary body cells such as skin, nerve, or bone cells into a highly adaptable, ...

Age-related memory decline and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's are often thought of as irreversible. But the brain is not static; neurons continually adjust the strength of their ...

※ Affiliations and titles are as of the end of the research activity. This research area comprises several fields (including cellular reprogramming, transdifferentiation and stem cell biology) in ...

In order to reprogram readily available cells into specific immune cells that fight various diseases, one must know the "recipe" for the transformation. Researchers at Lund University have now created ...