Inflammatory disorders

Scientists map the cells that drive Crohn's disease fistulas

Scientists at the University of Oxford, have identified how rare populations of abnormal cells drive the formation and persistence of fistulas—painful, tunnel-like tracts that develop in around 30% of people with Crohn's ...

Oncology & Cancer

Extreme age protects against cancer in mouse study

Old laboratory mice develop substantially fewer and less-aggressive lung tumors than younger animals in a new study led by Stanford University researchers. The discovery flies in the face of established dogma that holds that ...

Genetics

Genes may predict suicide risk in depression

Depression in young adulthood has a stronger hereditary component and is associated with a higher risk of suicide attempts than depression that begins later in life, according to a new study published in Nature Genetics by ...

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