Memory T cells are a special type of white blood cell that "remember" past infections and vaccines, helping our bodies to ...

In a first-in-human phase 1/2a clinical trial, researchers used adult stem cells to help restore vision in people with age-related macular degeneration. In the United States, age-related macular degen ...

University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have shown that reducing chronic inflammation can significantly protect against age-related macular degeneration (AMD)-like pathology in preclinical ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness in the older population. Geographic atrophy is an advanced stage of dry AMD, characterized by irreversible vision loss due to the ...

Optimal packing problems have inspired mathematicians for centuries. Biophysicists now add a layer to the question: How do chloroplasts arrange themselves optimally within cells, when the meaning of ...

This is also called age-related macular degeneration (AMD), as the major risk factor for this is aging. It is an eye disorder characterized by a number of conditions negatively affecting the macula.

Haematopoietic stem cells are progenitor cells that have the ability to both generate all types of blood cells, including those of the myeloid and lymphoid lineages, and to replace themselves. In ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge heard testimony Tuesday about overflowing toilets, crowded cells, no beds and water that "tasted like sewer” at a Chicago-area building that serves as a key detention spot for ...