Scientists create cell atlas of developing human lung Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute, the Gordone Institute at the University of Cambridge, and collaborators have created a spatiotemporal cell atlas of the developing human lung. From the mapping, they have identified 144 cell states in the early stages of life and their interactions in new detail.Read More
Senescent neuron discovery in brains opens path for Alzheimer's drug development Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found that neurons from people with Alzheimer's disease show deterioration and undergo a late-life stress process called cellular senescence, while senescent cells could be a way to slow neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.Read More
New computational method maps architecture of human tissues in unprecedented detail Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have developed a new computational method to map the architecture of human tissues in unprecedented detail, with the potential to accelerate studies on organ-scale cellular interactions and enable powerful new diagnostic strategies for an array of diseases.Read More
Spotlighting cells in tissues allows RNA to tell their story Harvard University researchers use “Light-Seq” method for full-transcriptome sequencing of hard-to-access cells, potentially broadening the depth and scope of investigations possible in intact tissue samples.Read More