Single-Cell Analysis – News and Features

Using fruit flies, scientists have constructed the most complete and detailed single-cell map of embryo development in any animal to date.

Researchers have just publicly released some of the first data showing the specific types of neurons and other brain cells that die off or otherwise change in Alzheimer’s disease, using cutting-edge techniques to categorize individual cells based on what their genes do.

The new process, which is more effective and efficient than conventional methods, has the potential to significantly impact cancer diagnostics as well as other fields of research.

According to research, different subtypes of auditory neurons emerge prior to birth in mice.

Researchers hope that new RNA profiling technology used to identify biomarkers of melanoma development will soon help to diagnose and treat melanoma more successfully.

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have developed a method that may be able to improve CAR T-cell therapies by identifying the early cells that become effective at killing cancer.

A new statistical method called Association Plot facilitates the determination and analysis of marker genes.

A team at Mount Sinai has reported that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may be caused by both nervous and immune system dysfunctions.

According to research, soft-tissue sarcomas produce a protein that switches immune cells from tumor-attacking to tumor-promoting.

Understanding the brain requires an in-depth knowledge of its components. Advanced single-cell sequencing technologies are enabling researchers to explore the secrets of this complex and mysterious organ in unprecedented detail.