MCDB News

November 4, 2019

A woman’s resistance to genetic, early-onset Alzheimer’s may hold the key to future therapies for the neurodegenerative disease.

October 18, 2019

Pluripotency is a feature of stem cell populations in which individual cells must know a great deal about their surroundings.

October 17, 2019

 Researchers in the Weimbs Lab find a method to potentially stop and reverse polycystic kidney disease.

September 4, 2019

Our individuality is encrypted in our DNA, but it is deeper than expected

August 26, 2019

MCDB researchers uncover a previously unrecognized mechanism that may accelerate polycystic kidney disease.

June 26, 2019

The Department of MCD Biology is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018-19 Storke Fellowships.

March 26, 2019

Professor Otger Campàs receives New Investigator Award from the Society for Developmental Biology.

March 21, 2019

A ‘druggable’ mechanism of tau protein pathology could lead to new treatment for some of our most devastating neurodegenerative diseases.

March 21, 2019

Neuroscientist Michael Goard receives funding for new memory research.

December 5, 2018

Denise Montell’s research aims to uncover the fundamental mechanisms that control how cells build and maintain normal adult tissues so these mechanisms can be harnessed for the benefit of human health.