Around a third of people over the age of 80 suffer from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), with an estimated 20 million ...

One of the newest weapons that scientists have developed against cancer is a type of engineered immune cell known as CAR-NK (natural killer) cells. Similar to CAR-T cells, these cells can be ...

A new trial shows that a wireless subretinal implant, the PRIMA system, restored central vision in patients with geographic ...

Scientists identified two types of brain cells, neurons and microglia, that are altered in people with depression. Through genomic mapping of post-mortem brain tissue, they found major differences in ...

Despite the recent attention to the potential of developing and using gene therapy to treat several diseases, the therapy was ...

In a groundbreaking study, a healthy fatty acid in olive oil and nuts has been found to "supercharge" immune cells specialized to fight cancer. Meanwhile, another kind of natural fatty acid undermines ...

The prosthesis used is the Prima device, based on Stanford technology developed at the lab of Daniel Palanker. Early clinical development of Prima was undertaken by Paris-based Pixium Vision, which ...

Cabaletta Bio’s CAR-T cell therapy has eliminated the overreactive B cells of two patients with an autoimmune disease without preconditioning chemotherapy, pleasing investors and analysts while ...

In 2006 immunologist and 2025 Nobel prize winner Shimon Sakaguchi co-wrote an article in Scientific American that now feels prophetic. In the story, entitled “Peacekeepers of the Immune System,” ...