A new immune cell conversion technology has been developed that directly transforms somatic cells into 'Natural Killer (NK) ...

As people age, their immune system function declines. T cell populations become smaller and can't react to pathogens as ...

UCLA scientists have identified a potential new strategy for treating glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer, by reprogramming aggressive cancer cells into harmless ones. The findings, ...

An international team led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden has identified the molecular tools needed to reprogram ordinary cells into specialized immune cells. The discovery, published in ...

Jonas Salk quietly built the polio vaccine through rigorous, methodical work in Pittsburgh: treating patients, refinin ...

A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), published in Cell, reveals how a high fat diet can rewire liver cells, pushing them back into an immature, stem cell like state that ...

Like stem cells from human embryos, the Jaenisch team thinks that these reprogrammed adult cells could one day be used to cure diseases within humans. This article is based on the Whitehead Institute ...