Dementia

  • Surface view of a fruit fly gut basement membrane (green) and muscles (magenta). This image from the study won the American Society for Matrix Biology 2024 Image Award. Credit: Aubrie M. Stricker, M. Shane Hutson, Andrea Page-McCaw. Piezo-dependent surveillance of matrix stiffness generates transient cells that repair the basement membrane, Developmental Cell, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.02.011.

    How tissues detect and repair damage to the body’s hidden support system

    A new study uncovered how tissues detect and respond to damage in basement membranes, and how they recruit a previously unknown set of "matrix mender" cells to repair the tissue. The results of this study have far-reaching implications for numerous diseases, including diabetes, dementia, and cancer. Read More

    Apr. 24, 2025

  • Vanderbilt University

    Deciphering the Circuits in Neuroscience Research

    Around 500 million people around the world are affected by poor mental health including disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disease and dementia with a significant impact on quality of life as well as associated social and economic consequences.1 Boehringer Ingelheim is dedicated to redefining the management of mental health. Read More

    Dec. 7, 2021