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A gene is a unit of heredity in a living organism. It normally resides on a stretch of DNA that codes for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. All living things depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains.

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Maps Neuroblastoma Intratumoral Heterogeneity

Neuroblastoma is the most common solid tumor found outside of the brain in children, yet why some children respond well to treatment while others do not has remained poorly understood. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists and their collaborators built one of the most comprehensive datasets of neuroblastoma cells to date, using it to define the tumor's cell types and identify a gene signature marking a malignant cell population tied to poor prognosis.

10 Oct 2026

Two Amino-Acid Changes Reveal the Origin of a Key Tea Enzym

Theanine is synthesized mainly in tea roots from glutamate and ethylamine.

9 Oct 2026

How a Single Transcription Factor Keeps Chinese Cabbage From Bolting Too Early

Bolting time is a critical agronomic trait in Brassica campestris. Once the plant shifts from producing edible leaves to flowering, leaf production ceases, leading to rapid deterioration of yield and quality.

9 Oct 2026

Ancient Peptide Signals Shape Apple Root Regeneration

Apple production depends heavily on grafting, making rootstock traits central to water and nutrient uptake, stress resilience, and orchard performance.

9 Oct 2026

Granular Genetic Risk Prediction Enables Early Detection of Hearing Loss

The team, composed of investigators from clinical audiology, ear surgery and general otolaryngology, was led by co-first author Andie DeFreese, AuD, a clinical audiologist and PhD candidate in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at Vanderbilt Health.

9 Oct 2026

Transposable Element Methylation Instability Impairs Overall Genomic Regulation in Large Breeds

Why do large dogs tend to live shorter lives than their smaller counterparts? According to a new study of nearly 900 dogs, the answer may be written into their epigenome. The findings reveal that larger and male dogs undergo accelerated molecular aging, with pronounced DNA methylation (DNAm) on the X chromosome and at transposable elements (TEs).

9 Oct 2026

Retrotransposon Reactivation Suggests Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Lower Cancer Risk

A tumor suppressor gene known as p53 is mutated in more than half of all cancers, but how it acts to prevent cancer formation is largely unknown.

9 Oct 2026

Ten Shared Gene Clusters Map Common Immune Response Pathways Across Diseases

Researchers have identified patterns of gene activity associated with severe COVID-19 in children that are shared with other serious respiratory infections.

9 Oct 2026

Ancient Gut Microbes Traveled Globally With Prehistoric Human Ancestors

As waves of humans left Africa tens of thousands of years ago, eventually populating the entire planet, they were joined on their world-conquering ride by the trillions of microorganisms that compose the gut microbiome.

8 Oct 2026

Rare Metabolic Gene Unexpectedly Tied to Inherited Blindness

Scientists at the Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) spearheaded the identification of an unforeseen link between genetic blindness and a gene associated with a rare metabolic disorder.

8 Oct 2026

Stem Cell Models Demonstrate Precise Cellular Nibbling of Pathological Fibrils

Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered a previously unrecognized protective role for microglia, the brain's resident immune cells, in Parkinson's disease.

8 Oct 2026

Aldabra Giant Tortoise Genome Provides Evolutionary Blueprint for Cellular Resilience

Researchers studying a giant tortoise named Jonathan say it's not just good genes, but lack of genetic wear and tear that have kept him going for nearly two centuries.

8 Oct 2026

Obligate Endosymbionts Synthesize Vital Amino Acids and Nutrients for Host Survival

Endosymbionts are widely distributed across various cell types in insects and are transmitted primarily vertically, while also spreading among different hosts through horizontal transmission. Functionally, they can be divided into obligate (primary) and facultative (secondary) endosymbionts.

8 Oct 2026

Vitalant Launches Cell-Based Analytics Lab to Support Allogeneic Therapy Developers

Vitalant, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit blood and biotherapies healthcare organizations, today announced the launch of its analytics lab at the Phoenix Bioscience Core, expanding its cell and gene therapy (CGT) analytical capabilities for developers of allogeneic cell therapies.

7 Oct 2026

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Cellular Heterogeneity Across Distinct Anatomical Prostate Zones

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a distinct type of prostate cell that may help solve the long-standing mystery of why benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) - a noncancerous enlargement of the prostate that commonly affects men as they age - develops almost exclusively in one region of the prostate.

7 Oct 2026

Collision-Sensing Enables Efficient Bacterial Navigation Through Complex Micro-Scale Mazes

Whether in fish schools, bird flocks or human crowds, moving as a group can offer safety and efficiency, but it can also lead to congestion and jamming," says Alexandre Persat, Professor at EPFL.

7 Oct 2026

Knocking Out Specific Receptor Genes Prevents Dopaminergic Neuronal Cell Death

The protein alpha-synuclein is abundant in healthy brains and plays an important role in enabling communication between nerve cells.

6 Oct 2026

Spatial Single-Cell Transcriptomics Maps Cellular Niches in Fatal COVID-19 Lungs

Researchers at the University of Liège have used imaging-based spatial single-cell transcriptomics to map the cellular organization of lungs from people who died with severe COVID-19.

5 Oct 2026

Researchers Discover Key Protein Mechanism Enabling Fungal Drug Resistance

The battle lines have finally shifted in the war against a deadly fungal disease.

5 Oct 2026

Engineered Biological Bandages Utilize Human Epicardial Cells for Heart Repair

Researchers have discovered a new cell type that may help regulate blood vessel growth in the heart during development and in response to injury, according to a study from Weill Cornell Medicine. Working with zebrafish, they found that the new cell type helps stabilize the vascular network that supplies oxygen to growing cardiac muscle.

5 Oct 2026

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Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Maps Neuroblastoma Intratumoral Heterogeneity

Two Amino-Acid Changes Reveal the Origin of a Key Tea Enzym

How a Single Transcription Factor Keeps Chinese Cabbage From Bolting Too Early

Ancient Peptide Signals Shape Apple Root Regeneration

Granular Genetic Risk Prediction Enables Early Detection of Hearing Loss

Transposable Element Methylation Instability Impairs Overall Genomic Regulation in Large Breeds

Retrotransposon Reactivation Suggests Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Lower Cancer Risk

Ten Shared Gene Clusters Map Common Immune Response Pathways Across Diseases

Ancient Gut Microbes Traveled Globally With Prehistoric Human Ancestors

Rare Metabolic Gene Unexpectedly Tied to Inherited Blindness

Stem Cell Models Demonstrate Precise Cellular Nibbling of Pathological Fibrils

Aldabra Giant Tortoise Genome Provides Evolutionary Blueprint for Cellular Resilience

Obligate Endosymbionts Synthesize Vital Amino Acids and Nutrients for Host Survival

Vitalant Launches Cell-Based Analytics Lab to Support Allogeneic Therapy Developers

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Cellular Heterogeneity Across Distinct Anatomical Prostate Zones

Collision-Sensing Enables Efficient Bacterial Navigation Through Complex Micro-Scale Mazes

Knocking Out Specific Receptor Genes Prevents Dopaminergic Neuronal Cell Death

Spatial Single-Cell Transcriptomics Maps Cellular Niches in Fatal COVID-19 Lungs

Researchers Discover Key Protein Mechanism Enabling Fungal Drug Resistance

Engineered Biological Bandages Utilize Human Epicardial Cells for Heart Repair

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