Precision Colorectal Cancer Screening with Fecal Hemoglobin Concentration-Guided Intervals

Precise Colorectal Cancer Screening Based on Customized Intervals Using Fecal Hemoglobin Concentration Researchers: Amy Ming-Fang Yen, Yang-Ching Chen, Yu-Lin Ding, Wen-Zhu Qiu, Han-Mo Qiu, Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen, Sam Li-Sheng Chen Academic Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most prevalent malignancy worldwide. In recent years, significant...

Mesenchymal Stromal Cells with Chimeric Antigen Receptors for Enhanced Immunosuppression

Mesenchymal Stromal Cells with Chimeric Antigen Receptors for Enhanced Immunosuppression Background Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) are pluripotent cells found in almost all tissues and possess significant immunosuppressive and regenerative properties. These features make MSCs widely studied for the treatment of immune diseases and tissue regenera...

Oncolytic Mineralized Bacteria as Potent Locally Administered Immunotherapeutics

Oncolytic Mineralized Bacteria May Be Used for Tumor Immunotherapy via Local Injection Research Background As a novel cancer treatment method, bacteria-based cancer immunotherapy has a long history dating back to the late 19th century when heated, inactivated bacteria were used to treat sarcomas. Initial trials found that these bacteria could trigg...

Generation of Synthetic Whole-Slide Image Tiles of Tumours from RNA-Sequencing Data via Cascaded Diffusion Models

Generation of Synthetic Whole-Slide Image Tiles of Tumours from RNA-Sequencing Data via Cascaded Diffusion Models

Generation of Synthetic Whole-Slide Images of Tumors from RNA Sequencing Data via Cascaded Diffusion Models A recent study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, titled “Generation of Synthetic Whole-Slide Image Tiles of Tumours from RNA-Sequencing Data via Cascaded Diffusion Models,” has garnered significant attention. This research, conducte...

Accelerating Diabetic Wound Healing by ROS-Scavenging Lipid Nanoparticle–mRNA Formulation

Accelerating Diabetic Wound Healing by ROS-Scavenging Lipid Nanoparticle–mRNA Formulation

Utilization of Lipid Nanoparticles-mRNA Formulations to Eliminate ROS and Accelerate Diabetic Wound Healing Diabetic wounds are common complications in patients with hyperglycemia, characterized by high incidence and recurrence rates, causing substantial global economic losses. Existing treatments, including wound offloading and growth factor thera...

Construction of human 3D striato-nigral assembloids to recapitulate medium spiny neuronal projection defects in Huntington’s disease

Construction of human 3D striato-nigral assembloids to recapitulate medium spiny neuronal projection defects in Huntington’s disease

Constructing Human 3D Striatum-Substantia Nigra Organoids to Model Medium Spiny Neuron Projection Deficits in Huntington’s Disease Background Introduction Huntington’s Disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder leading to significant deterioration of the motor system, primarily characterized by defects in medium spiny neurons (MSNs) that project ...

APOE4 Homozygosity Represents a Distinct Genetic Form of Alzheimer’s Disease

APOE4 Homozygotes Represent a Unique Genotypic Subset of Alzheimer’s Disease Introduction Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the neurodegenerative diseases that modern medicine has yet to conquer, usually with a complex genetic background. While mutations in three genes (APP, PSEN1, and PSEN2) lead to early-onset autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s dise...

Cortico-cortical transfer of socially derived information gates emotion recognition

The Gating Role of Cortical Transfer of Socially Derived Information in Emotion Recognition Background Introduction Emotion recognition and the subsequent responses are crucial for survival and maintaining social functions. However, how social information is processed to reliably recognize emotions remains unclear. In this new study, the authors re...

Cortical Networks Relating to Arousal Are Differentially Coupled to Neural Activity and Hemodynamics

Differences in Coupling Between Cortical Networks Related to Arousal in Neural Activity and Hemodynamics Academic Background In the absence of specific sensory inputs or behavioral tasks, the brain generates structured activity patterns. This organized activity is modulated by the state of arousal. The relationship between arousal and cortical acti...

Deep Geometric Learning with Monotonicity Constraints for Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

Using Monotonicity-Constrained Deep Geometric Learning to Predict Alzheimer’s Disease Progression Background Introduction Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that gradually leads to irreversible cognitive decline, eventually resulting in dementia. Early identification and progression prediction of this disease are c...