Chinese researchers are preparing the details for the publication of another scientific milestone, the creation of a chimera with a human heart and a kidney developed from human stem cells in pig embryos. These studies aim to address the shortage of immunocompatible organ donors while shedding light on some of the most fundamental questions in developmental biology.
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a particularly severe form of fibrotic disease that affects multiple organs. SSc is the most deadly autoimmune rheumatic disease.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation and damage of the joints. PET/CT imaging is a useful tool for early disease assessment and monitoring treatment efficacy.
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) progression involves microglial activation, and restoring or maintaining microglia homeostasis is a therapeutic approach to fight against AD.
Researchers from Lifordi Immunotherapeutics Inc. have developed a novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) called LFD-200 that aims to selectively deliver a potent glucocorticoid (GC) payload directly to immune cells. This strategy may potentially offer a new way to treat autoimmune and inflammatory conditions while minimizing systemic toxicity.
“The lack of therapeutic precision in treatment of myeloid malignancies is in sharp contrast with the fact that myeloid cancers represent the perhaps best characterized cancers of all at the cellular, molecular, and genetic levels,” Johanna Olweus told her audience at the Friday plenary session of the European Hematology Association 2025 Annual Congress.
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a chronic autoimmune disease in which immune cells invade various organs and unleash harmful inflammatory responses. Estrogen may contribute to the condition, which would explain why it affects women over men in a 9:1 ratio.
Researchers at Ileadbms Co. Ltd. have announced promising results of their novel drug IL-21120033 in a preclinical model of rheumatoid arthritis. The drug acts as a selective agonist of the chemokine receptor CXCR7.
Therapies involving B-cell depletion targeting CD19 or BCMA have shown efficacy in the treatment of B-cell malignancies. Recently, this approach has shown efficacy in the treatment of autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or rheumatoid arthritis, by repopulation and resetting of B cells and immunoglobulins.
Doxorubucin is an effective therapeutic in cancer treatment, but it can cause cardiotoxicity and damage the mitochondrial machinery. A new patient-derived and mitochondria-rich human induced pluripotent stem cell derived-cardiomyocyte (hiPSC-CM) model protected by dexrazoxane was developed.