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Study Creates Global Single-Cell Map of Human Immune System Aging

While birthday candles measure the number of years someone has lived, they don't always tell the full story about someone's health.

10 Oct 2026

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

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

Studies Redefine Lactation Biology Through Computational Multi-Omics and Mammary Metabolic Modeling

A study led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine identified shared molecular patterns in human milk that link maternal nutrition, mammary gland biology, and infant growth.

9 Oct 2026

Personalized Support Boosts Genetic Testing Uptake Among At-Risk Family Members

Among cancer patients who received personalized support and navigation services from experts throughout the genetic testing process, their first-degree relatives – parents, siblings and children – were significantly more likely to receive genetic testing, as well. Nearly half of those relatives carried a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation, which are associated with a higher risk of cancer, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

30 Sep 2026

Study Establishes Immune Cell Trafficking as Viable Alzheimer's Target

There is no treatment available today to stop the death of brain cells in neurodegenerative diseases known as tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease, in which twisted clumps of a protein called tau accumulate in the brain.

29 Sep 2026

New Screening Program Increases Detection of Congenital Cytomegalovirus in Newborns

Researchers at Cleveland Clinic Children's have developed a new screening program for congenital cytomegalovirus, the most common infection passed from mothers to babies during pregnancy.

23 Sep 2026

Breakthrough Study Explains Developmental Origins of the Human Brain

For centuries, scientists have thought of the brain as a single, unified organ. But new research led by Stanford Medicine reveals that what we call the brain is two distinct organs that evolved independently over hundreds of millions of years.

21 Sep 2026

Researchers Reveal How p53 Tumor-Suppressor Protein Hide From T Cells

One of the biggest challenges in cancer immunotherapy may not be that immune cells are too weak, but that some tumors give them too little to see.

18 Sep 2026

Engineered Prime Editing Strategy Integrates Gene-Sized Payloads Into Living Human Genomes

Genomic editing holds great potential yet continues to have its limitations. Most current methods either rely on untargeted gene delivery or short DNA edits that need to be individualized to each patient.

17 Sep 2026

Scientists Grow Human Brain Organoids in Cortex-Depleted Mice

Stanford Medicine scientists have chalked up a major advance in growing human brain cells outside of the human brain - and outside of laboratory glassware.

17 Sep 2026

Reading for Pleasure Has Benefits at All Ages – From Improving Health and Wellbeing to Staving off Dementia – Say Scientists

Reading for pleasure – from tucking into a Jane Austen classic to devouring a Heartstopper graphic novel – is linked to better mental health, greater empathy and a lower risk of dementia, say researchers.

15 Sep 2026

Researchers Identify Genetic Factors Enabling Deadly E. coli Strains to Infect

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have identified how certain dangerous bacteria are spread.

12 Sep 2026

Scientists Identify Molecular Mechanism Behind Persistent Obesity and Weight Relapse

Two enduring biological mysteries have remained unsolved for decades: why almost everyone who loses weight gains it back, no matter how they lost it, and why obesity passes from mother to child at rates that diet and environment cannot explain. Now, scientists from Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University have identified why.

11 Sep 2026

Reprogramming Tumor Immune Microenvironment to Combat Aggressive Glioblastoma Brain Cancer

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a potential new approach to treating glioblastoma that could help the immune system fight the aggressive brain cancer while improving the effectiveness of existing chemotherapy.

11 Sep 2026

Advanced Gene Editing Provides Essential Tool for Studying Early Human Embryonic Development

A study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons has found that new cutting-edge techniques can accurately edit genes in human embryos-giving scientists indispensable tools for understanding normal human development-but has also uncovered important risks that currently preclude the use of the techniques in the clinic.

10 Sep 2026

Children News and Research

Study Creates Global Single-Cell Map of Human Immune System Aging

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Maps Neuroblastoma Intratumoral Heterogeneity

Retrotransposon Reactivation Suggests Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Lower Cancer Risk

Ten Shared Gene Clusters Map Common Immune Response Pathways Across Diseases

Studies Redefine Lactation Biology Through Computational Multi-Omics and Mammary Metabolic Modeling

Personalized Support Boosts Genetic Testing Uptake Among At-Risk Family Members

Study Establishes Immune Cell Trafficking as Viable Alzheimer's Target

New Screening Program Increases Detection of Congenital Cytomegalovirus in Newborns

Breakthrough Study Explains Developmental Origins of the Human Brain

Researchers Reveal How p53 Tumor-Suppressor Protein Hide From T Cells

Engineered Prime Editing Strategy Integrates Gene-Sized Payloads Into Living Human Genomes

Scientists Grow Human Brain Organoids in Cortex-Depleted Mice

Reading for Pleasure Has Benefits at All Ages – From Improving Health and Wellbeing to Staving off Dementia – Say Scientists

Researchers Identify Genetic Factors Enabling Deadly E. coli Strains to Infect

Scientists Identify Molecular Mechanism Behind Persistent Obesity and Weight Relapse

Reprogramming Tumor Immune Microenvironment to Combat Aggressive Glioblastoma Brain Cancer

Advanced Gene Editing Provides Essential Tool for Studying Early Human Embryonic Development

Advanced RNA Sequencing Separates Rare Regenerative Cells From Mature Tissue

Scientists Identify Dark Genome Library Containing Over Thirty Thousand Chimeric mRNAs

Research Sheds Light on Molecular Origins of Pediatric Brain Cancers

The Future of Vision Restoration With ReVision Implant

How a Single List Is Changing Visibility for Women in Science

How Avatar Medical's 3D Technology Is Transforming How We Visualize the Human Body

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