In this valuable study, through carefully executed and rigorously controlled experiments, the authors challenged a previously reported role of the Death Receptor 6 (DR6/Tnfrsf21) in Wallerian ...

Capsida has paused the study to determine the root cause of the patient’s death. Image credit: catalinastroi via ShutterStock.com. Capsida Biotherapeutics has paused an early-stage rare disease trial ...

This important study examines the role of endothelin signaling in nerve regeneration, providing convincing evidence that it functions as a default brake on axon regrowth. Inhibiting endothelin ...

Varicella is caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV), an enveloped dsDNA virus responsible for varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles). VZV is one of eight herpesviruses known to infect ...

About half of all people with diabetes develop diabetic peripheral neuropathy — a painful, often debilitating condition that can feel like burning, stabbing or numbness, especially in the legs and ...

Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, United States ...

Abstract: Here we describe the fabrication, testing, and improvement of glutamate sensors in direct contact with dorsal root ganglion cells for short-term tissue culture experiments. To establish the ...

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