POLG-related diseases disrupt the function of the mitochondria, or "powerhouses" of the cell — starving them of energy.

Sebastien Beauzile, 21, became the first person in New York state to be made symptom-free of sickle cell disease after ...

A young man from Laurelton is the first New Yorker with sickle cell disease to receive Lyfgenia, a life-changing gene therapy treatment that has wiped away the debilitating illness, The Post first ...

A recently launched Phase 1 clinical trial is examining the safety and feasibility of a groundbreaking treatment approach for Parkinson's disease in which a patient's stem cells are reprogrammed to ...

Researchers from Columbia University and the German Cancer Center have found that stellate cells—star-shaped liver cells long ...

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers have now determined that ...

Biological sciences researchers from the U of A have led the publication of a paper that expands our understanding of sensory ...

Converting one type of cell to another—for example, a skin cell to a neuron—can be done through a process that requires the ...

Diagnosis of PDB is a combination of clinical evaluation, imaging and histopathological assessment. If an underlying cancer ...

The discovery of ‘ovoid cells’ is transforming our understanding of memory and may pave the way for new treatments for ...

Using a new brain mapping method, researchers found that specific memory cells in the hippocampus are highly susceptible to ...

A patient on Long Island is the first in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia, doctors say. They credit state-of-the-art genetic treatment. For 21 years, Sebastien Beauzile suffered chronic pain ...