New genetic mutations linked to malaria drug resistance discovered
Researchers searching for genetic clues to the growing problem of malaria drug resistance identified new mutations associated with…
AI model predicts cancer subtype, genetic mutations, and survival outcomes across 32 solid tumors
Researchers have developed a novel AI model that can analyze a routine whole histopathology image and simultaneously predict…
New protein blueprint opens door for targeted Parkinson’s disease therapies
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have uncovered how a key Parkinson’s protein called LRRK2 shifts between inactive and…
New drug delivers promising survival gains in pancreatic cancer
About 90% of people with pancreatic cancer have pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which is driven by an activating mutation in…
Scientists uncover how muscle actin filaments grow and renew themselves
Biophysicists unraveled a mystery of how muscles form at the molecular level and how they maintain their function.…
Study links inherited genetics to cancer susceptibility and progression
Scientists have found the first direct evidence of the powerful role our genetic makeup plays in influencing our…
Computationally designed antibody attacks previously untreatable KRAS cancer mutations
Antibodies are like “guided missiles” that find and attack cancer cells, but cancer-causing mutations inside cells have remained…
Transplanted neural progenitor cells survive one year in patients with retinitis pigmentosa
New, previously unpublished clinical data was presented today at ISSCR 2026 demonstrating that transplanted human neural progenitor cells…
Genetic research links KDF1 mutation to impaired dental epithelial organization
Dental enamel is the hardest substance in the human body, protecting teeth from wear, temperature changes, and decay.…
‘Only death can stop me’: terminally ill Chinese tycoon works 12 hours daily to cure ALS
A former Chinese e-commerce executive in the final stages of a rare disease is still working 12-hour days,…
New genetic driver found for rare small intestinal cancers
A signaling system known as the Wnt pathway plays a central role in how cells in the intestine…
Novel technology maps single-cell DNA-protein interactions
A new technology allows scientists to map, in single cells, the DNA binding sites of transcription factors and…