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By studying the biochemistry and growth patterns of serotonergic neurons induced from skin cells of people with differential responses to antidepressants has provided possible reasons as to why some depressed individuals do not respond to treatment.

When the Human Genome Project was completed, in 2003, it opened the door to a radical new idea of health - that of personalized medicine, in which disease risk and appropriate treatment would be gleaned from one's genetic makeup. In a new article, researchers discuss how gene interaction networks hold the clues to disease susceptibility and treatment response.

In a new study, researchers analyze the potential role that sperm DNA damage may have in recurrent pregnancy loss.

Patients in a new Northwestern Medicine study were able to comprehend words that were written but not said aloud. They could write the names of things they saw but not verbalize them. This provides an insight into the brain degeneration that defines the rare dementia termed primary progressive aphasia.

Each time dietary oils are heated to deep-frying temperatures, chemical modifications result in a new matrix of lipid structures with potential deleterious health effects. This relationship was examined in mouse models using in vivo bioluminescent imaging.

Tracking and quantifying the production of different kinds of blood cells and immune cells has provided new insights on how the body maintains a balanced supply.

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence platform to detect a range of neurodegenerative diseases in human brain tissue samples, including Alzheimer’s disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Their discovery will help scientists develop targeted biomarkers and therapeutics, resulting in a more accurate diagnosis of complex brain diseases.

There has been a long-held hypothesis stating that chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Alzheimer’s disease tau tangles were made in the same way. However, a study utilizing cryo-electron microscopy has revealed a very different picture.

High-dimensional mass cytometry has been used to characterize cells in the tumors of people with bowel cancer, revealing activated regulatory T cells as a defining feature.

Researchers developed the seats to measure biometrics during "natural" processes.