Liver disease is a major global health problem, causing over two million deaths worldwide each year. While animal models have ...

Researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo developed adult human kidney tubuloids that model chronic kidney disease ...

During development of the digestive system, a complex network of nerves forms around it, creating a "second brain" - the ...

Scientists discovered that certain gene changes allow cells to function even when frataxin, the protein lost in Friedreich’s ...

During development of the digestive system, a complex network of nerves forms around it, creating a "second brain" — the enteric nervous system (ENS ...

Using human intestinal organoids, scientists uncovered a previously unknown immune function of M cells. By presenting gluten ...

Microglial activity appears to determine when amyloid becomes biologically significant, reshaping how clinicians interpret ...

Investigators at the Netherlands Hubrecht Institute have developed a novel gut organoid model, and used it to gain insight into the functions on human microfold (M) cells. Their experiments, which ...

A new study identifies molecular factors that promote small vessel disease - and an active drug that can restore impaired ...