While the Polish man battled for his life, something intriguing was happening in a lab 800 km away at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Dr. Jean Rommelaere and his team… Read More »The story of a man, some rats, a virus, and a cancer
emmi olkkonen has a MSc in genetics and molecular biosciences from the University of Helsinki, currently committed to the exciting task of analyzing Saimaa ringed seal genome data at the… Read More »Why and how do we get anxious?
Even though this appears to be a typical scene from a zombie movie, this, in reality, represents a scene from real life two years ago,
Patient 3, 18 years old, was crippled from birth with a disease known as retinal dystrophy. There was no known effective treatment that could help improve his condition, until recently… Read More »A tale of a tiny virus and how it saved many lives
The brain is the most important organ in our body. You may panic now and want to ask, ‘what should I do to protect my brain?’. Do not worry. Your… Read More »The Blood-brain barrier, the gatekeeper of the brain
Harnessing the body’s immune system to kill tumor cells. The treatment method, known as Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell therapy involves reengineering the immune cells (T-cells) obtained from the patient’s blood and… Read More »Treating cancer using “living drugs”
Have you ever wonder what a medical class looked like in medieval times? Wonder no more!
If you are aged 50 and above, you are indebted to antibiotics. The discovery of antibiotics has been a miracle of modern medicine, dramatically extending the life-span of human beings.
Dear XXs and XYs, Welcome to the LoF Screening Championship hosted by the World Federation for Functional Genomics (WFFG).