University of Michigan

Researchers at University of Michigan (U-M) have developed a method to produce human brain organoids without animal cells that could improve the way neurodegenerative conditions are studied and treated. Human brain organoids are derived from embryonic or pluripotent stem cells and more closely model the complex brain structure compared to conventional two-dimensional cultures. Until now, […]

Pancreatic cancer cells can change their ‘diet’ to keep growing, by switching from the sugar glucose to a back-up fuel called uridine, new research has revealed. The findings suggest that blocking the availability of uridine using new drugs could become a new treatment strategy for the most common and aggressive form of pancreatic cancer. The […]