An international collaborative study led by scientists at Sweden’s Lund University has classified Alzheimer’s disease into four distinct subtypes, which has important implications for the management of the progressive neurodegenerative disease, the authors reported in the April 29, 2021, edition of Nature Medicine.

New genome editing techniques have opened up the number of potential mutations that could be addressed in the inherited muscle wasting disorder Duchenne muscular dystrophy, while also reducing the probability of inducing off target effects.

Using advanced intravital microscopy to visualize immune cell movement within the tissues, investigators at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne have discovered that noradrenaline causes a dramatic paralysis of immune cell movement.

Using advanced intravital microscopy to visualize immune cell movement within the tissues, investigators at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne have discovered that the neurotransmitter noradrenaline produced by the sympathetic nervous system causes a dramatic paralysis of immune cell movement.

A Korean/U.S. collaborative study has shown that increased circulating mitochondrial N-formyl peptide contributes to development of secondary hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections and increased mortality in septic shock patients who survived the early hyperinflammatory phase.

Researchers have gained new insights into what makes for transplantable livers – and what doesn’t. In a clinical trial of 12 livers, a team from Massachusetts General Hospital showed that both livers with high fat content and those without could be viable for transplantation.

Using advanced intravital microscopy to visualize immune cell movement within the tissues, investigators at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne have discovered that the neurotransmitter noradrenaline produced by the sympathetic nervous system causes a dramatic paralysis of immune cell movement.