A burgeoning field is launching its first clinical trial to find out whether dialing back cell development can safely refresh ...

Cancer immunotherapy has advanced the field of medicine and cancer care. Specifically, immunotherapy refers to the targeted treatment of the immune system. Over the last few decades, immunotherapy has ...

Researchers showed that an experimental therapy indirectly converted suppressive immune cells into tumor-fighting cells. This ...

In order to reprogram readily available cells into specific immune cells that fight various diseases, one must know the “recipe” for the transformation. Researchers at Lund University have now created ...

In recent years, we have come to appreciate that loss or dysfunction of insulin-producing islet beta cells underlies virtually all major forms of diabetes mellitus. In type 1 diabetes, beta cells ...

Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs), relics from ancient viral infections, form a significant part of vertebrate genomes, including humans, where they constitute ...

Scientists at Life Biosciences are preparing to begin testing partial reprogramming in people. It will mark the first time ...

Leuven, 11 March 2025 – Solid tumors often provide a challenging environment for the T cells of our immune system. By reprogramming the metabolism of T cells, scientists at the VIB-KU Leuven Center ...

Advances in iPSC technology and in vivo reprogramming are expanding the possibilities for cell therapy. Explore the science ...

Mineral casts of cancer cell surfaces reprogram fat cells into stem cells and improve insulin sensitivity in obese mice ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American NEW YORK—Despite a cloud of regulatory ...