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Leukemia cells attacked from two angles.

Striving to vanquish leukemia

Blood smear from patient with African Sleeping sickness (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Killing three diseases with one stone in the lab

NIBR researcher Jennifer Allport-Anderson looks into a microscope

A cellular drama at the heart of a researcher’s family

Scar tissue (light brown) has invaded this lobule of a liver affected by cirrhosis. SEM image by Motta & Fujita/Science Photo Library

Tackling the common denominator in liver disease

Lung cancer cells by Ann Weston, LRI, CRUK, Wellcome Images

Cancer researchers ready to aim for cures

Special Olympian Ryan Groves suffers from TSC, a genetic condition that afflicts nearly 1 million patients worldwide.

With a "brain in a dish," researchers take on neurological disorders

Artistic rendering of beta cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.

Stepping toward regenerative medicine for diabetes

Stopping Alzheimer's disease before it starts

Stopping Alzheimer's disease before it starts

Could umbilical cords yield more stem cells for life-saving transplants?