Using the roundworm C. elegans as a "living test tube," researchers at the University of Florida have identified specific gut bacteria that promoted protein misfolding throughout the body, as well as others that were protective.

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.