HIV was once a ‘death sentence.’ A Lansing doctor was there from the start

A brief medical note in the U.S. CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published 45 years ago would have profound impacts ...

Blood vessel cells keep fixed signaling roles for weeks, reshaping view of capillary communication

The cells lining skin capillaries are constantly sending each other messages—tiny pulses of calcium that help regulate blood flow, sense physical forces and keep vessel walls intact. Scientists have ...
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Study uncovers self-propelled actin filaments that shape living cells

Every time a white blood cell engulfs a bacterium, a neuron extends a projection to connect with a neighboring cell, or when a cancer cell forcefully squeezes through tissue to spread, the cell must ...

‘Life two’: Louisiana man becomes first in state to be functionally cured of sickle cell disease

Daniel Cressy’s groundbreaking gene therapy treatment is opening new possibilities for patients living with the inherited ...