[REPORTS] Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Generates Proliferative Human Islet Precursor Cells
Cultured human insulin-secreting cells can be coaxed to become less differentiated and then to divide into insulin-producing cells that are potentially useful for treating diabetes.
Authors: Marvin C. Gershengorn, Anandwardhan A. Hardikar, Chiju Wei, Elizabeth Geras-Raaka, Bernice Marcus-Samuels, Bruce M. Raaka
[REPORTS] Activity-Dependent Internalization of Smoothened Mediated by β-Arrestin 2 and GRK2
Two new members of a key pathway responsible for pattern formation during vertebrate development have been identified.
Authors: Wei Chen, Xiu-Rong Ren, Christopher D. Nelson, Larry S. Barak, James K. Chen, Philip A. Beachy, Frederic de Sauvage, Robert J. Lefkowitz
He Won the Nobel Prize for Protein Design. Now He Uses AI to Create Molecules Not Found in Nature
David Baker spoke with WIRED en Español about where biological design is headed next and the great potential and risks of taking biology outside the bounds of the natural world.
Chinese companies doubled down on science after US tech restrictions
Nature, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02946-y Affected Chinese companies adjusted their sources of knowledge to […]
Cognitive resilience helps to predict Alzheimer’s dementia
Nature, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02897-4 The trait could explain why symptoms vary in severity […]