Chromosome abnormalities may help cancer cells resist treatment and spread
A new study led by NYU Langone Health researchers found that cancer cells are better able to resist…
Largest blood protein genetics study reveals new precision medicine opportunities
Involving a collaboration with 118 investigators contributing from 89 institutions, scientists from Queen Mary University of London’s Precision…
AI model reads genetic code to trace evolutionary history
Researchers at the University of Oregon have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can read genetic code the…
Identifying the ages when Alzheimer’s biomarkers sharply change
New research pinpoints the ages when Alzheimer’s-related brain changes accelerate, offering critical clues to when screening may be…
UCLA researchers build programmable artificial organelles using RNA
Just as the human body relies on organs such as the heart or liver for essential functions, cells…
Epigenetic changes reshape Dicer enzyme function in cancer and reproduction
Activation of a specific part of the Dicer enzyme can change its shape in a way that affects…
Biliary epithelial cells found to actively prevent liver fibrosis development
Many liver diseases share a common characteristic: fibrosis, that is, the progressive accumulation of scarring in the liver…
Lipid genetics: Diabetes and heart disease in south asians
A deep dive into lipid genetics reveals how ancestry-specific molecular pathways could be driving higher diabetes and heart…
Intercellular heme transfer pathway sustains red blood cell production under stress
Scientists have long been puzzled by how maturing red blood cells manage to produce all the hemoglobin they…
Study identifies new genetic pathways driving cardiometabolic disease risk
A study published today in PLOS Medicine has identified two new genetic pathways that contribute to cardiometabolic disease,…
Cell squeezing technology offers new breast cancer risk assessment
Researchers at City of Hope®, a cancer research and treatment organization, and the University of California, Berkeley, have created a novel microfluidic platform that…
MSK scientists shed new light on a tumor’s earliest moments
Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and their colleagues are shedding new light on a tumor’s…