Today in @Nature, we report MouseMapper: foundation-model AI to map disease perturbations across the entire mouse body cell-by-cell.
In obesity, it revealed body-wide inflammation & unexpected facial nerve damage. 🧵👇🔉
https://t.co/BERf5GQ10Z led by @Dorie00 & @yingchen733
Most transcriptomics studies sample ~0.001% of a mouse. Which region to choose? Often we guess.
We introduce DISCO-seq🤗flipping the order:
Whole-body 3D imaging with RNA-preserving clearing→ pick ROIs in 3D→ unbiased scRNAseq
Led by @HarsharanBhatia
https://t.co/kYkzAWC5K9
We are introducing LipiGo 🤗
A programmable DNA–lipid nanocarrier 🧬 with built-in targeting logic.
It de-targets the liver and redirects mRNA delivery into lymphoid organs, enhancing therapies requiring the immune system. by @cerenkimna@kalorintschi https://t.co/moldTeozmj
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Amazed to share our new study published in @CellCellPress revealing how the liver contributes to weight loss in cancer via disruption of a circadian regulator and secretion of catabolic factors.
Big thanks to @FiskerSchmidt, S. Herzig, @BerrielDiaz
🧵👇
https://t.co/2fvK9ExTMO
LNP/mRNA therapeutics and AAV-based approaches require cell-level precision to achieve success without significant toxicity to other cells. To enable this, we now introduce SCP-Nano🤗 in @NatureBiotech: an AI-based technology for precision nanotechnology. https://t.co/1YniGZr4O4
SCP-Nano: Advancing Precision Medicine with Nanocarrier Visualization
How can life-saving therapies reach their target cells without harmful side effects?
👉https://t.co/ptSiFh5AU7
💡Researchers at #HelmholtzMunich, @LMU_Muenchen, and @TU_Muenchen have developed SCP-Nano (Single-Cell Profiling of Nanocarriers): The new technology visualizes nanocarriers in the entire mouse body at a single-cell level.
🔬 This innovation combines advanced imaging and #AI to detect even ultra-low doses of nanocarriers like lipid nanoparticles, DNA origami, and AAVs.
SCP-Nano paves the way for safer and more effective mRNA vaccines, gene therapies, and beyond.
🌟Why it matters: SCP-Nano ensures therapies are delivered to the right cells while identifying harmful off-target effects - driving the future of personalized medicine and precision drug development.
@erturklab@jieluo692
@SyNergy_Cluster @NatureBiotech #Nanotechnology #PrecisionMedicine #DrugDevelopment #AIinHealthcare #mRNATherapies #GeneTherapy #PersonalizedMedicine
The #SARSCoV2 spike protein can persist in the brain—skull bone marrow and meninges—to induce neurologic damage https://t.co/FtsftML1m4 just published @cellhostmicrobe@erturklab open-access
Our new study shows that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein accumulates & persists in the body for years after infection, especially in the skull-meninges-brain axis, potentially driving long COVID. mRNA vaccines help but cannot stop it🔬🧠🦠🧵👇@cellhostmicrobe https://t.co/IEGx7HIrXf
Humbled and deeply honored to be named a Life Sciences winner for #FallingWalls#ScienceBreakthrough 2024!
Excited to present our work on 'Breaking the Wall of Animal Research with AI' at #ScienceSummit24 in Berlin.
This award is a testament to the incredible efforts of my amazing team and the transformative potential of AI in shaping the future of science and biomedicine. #GlobalCall24.
Grateful to @falling_walls for this recognition.
Imagine seeing a disease's impact on every cell in the body. Now, you can!
We introduce MouseMapper, an AI tool to reveal system-wide disease perturbations. MouseMapper showed obesity-induced changes in facial nerves & body-wide inflammation 👉🏼🧵https://t.co/2sPQra70xx
Discover the future of 3D-omics! Our perspective aritcle explores how tissue clearing and AI with single-cell omics could revolutionize understanding of entire organs & organisms. Read the full article: https://t.co/OohxFmYnyZ
What if we could map every cell in the body, revealing its location and molecular identity? In this @NatureMethods perspective, we discuss the new era of 3D-omics by tissue clearing and AI, called Deep 3D Histology: https://t.co/iXRJ5GrpV3 PDF: https://t.co/fiR3wBonDe 🧵👇🏼
The July issue is live today! https://t.co/WkJdk9BPCS
The beautiful cover comes from the @erturklab and shows c-Fos+ neuronal mapping in whole mouse brains.
See paper: https://t.co/dOaFfRzyLj
DELiVR, is a deep-learning pipeline for whole-brain cell mapping, which is trained on reference annotations generated in a virtual reality environment. https://t.co/rhx5iOKAhZ #NBThighlight
Very excited to share that our DELiVR method is now open access published @NatureMethods. We created a simple, brain-wide cell analysis deep learning tool, no coding needed! Fiji Plugin makes it accessible to all. https://t.co/qjFk3p5aba
by @Dorie00@Rami96614090 @moritz_negwer
The April issue is live https://t.co/wVzwnybjTU
Our cover shows an image of a whole mouse body with depth color-coding of a neuronal marker. Mai et al. present wildDISCO, a method for whole-body imaging compatible with standard IgG antibody labeling https://t.co/POOiYZVyGS
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