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Synthetic Biology Breakthrough Rebuilds Basic Features of Cellular Life

Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. But nature is not always gentle. The same biological world that gives rise to forests, coral reefs and human life also produces infections, cancer, genetic disease, crop blights and toxins.

24 Jul 2026

Elevated Levels of Acid Ceramidase Make Zombie Cells Susceptible to Ferroptosis

Our population is aging. The United Nations reports that by 2050, the number of people over the age of 85 on our planet is set to triple.

24 Jul 2026

Chemotherapy Leaves Distinct DNA Changes in Childhood Tumors

Nearly half of childhood tumors treated with common types of chemotherapy showed detectable DNA changes linked to treatment within 18 months, according to a new international study led by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).

24 Jul 2026

Basement Membrane Remodeling Drives Melanocyte Dedifferentiation in Vitiligo Skin Lesions

Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks and destroys melanocytes, the cells that produce the skin pigment melanin. Once the melanocytes are gone, the skin turns white, leading to the characteristic skin patches of the disease.

23 Jul 2026

New Open Source AI Toolkit Identifies Promising Peptide Medicines

Penn Engineers have developed PeptiVerse, an AI-powered platform that predicts key chemical and biological properties of peptides, the strings of amino acids whose medical potential has been demonstrated by the success of GLP-1 drugs, the widely used weight-loss treatments.

22 Jul 2026

Engineered Mice Carrying the Genetic Variant Develop Excessive Sweating

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have identified a genetic driver of primary idiopathic hyperhidrosis, a chronic condition that causes excessive sweating, providing some of the strongest evidence to date that the disorder can originate in the nervous system and may be treatable with targeted therapies.

22 Jul 2026

Tough Bacterial Spores Unlock New Bioengineering Frontiers

A remarkable quality of bioengineering is the fact that scientists can take biological processes honed by millions of years of evolution and use them to efficiently create drugs, chemicals, and other products to improve our lives.

21 Jul 2026

Study Identifies Immune Cell Failures as Aging Drivers

We may age at different rates, but none of us escapes aging.

17 Jul 2026

Sweeteners Shown to Slow Growth of Important Gut Bacteria in Lab Tests

Cambridge researchers have shown how commonly-used sweeteners slow the growth of certain gut bacteria.

16 Jul 2026

New Kinesin-1 Protein Maps Advance Treatment for Incurable Paralysis

A nerve cell resembles a vast tree with branches that communicate with thousands of other cells.

16 Jul 2026

New Biological Targets Aim to Halt Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Pulmonary fibrosis is a deadly disease where scar tissue grows in the lungs, making breathing more difficult.

16 Jul 2026

Innovative Mussel Protein Nanotechnology Delivers Drugs Directly to Pancreatic Tumors

Pancreatic cancer is considered one of the most lethal cancer because it is often diagnosed late and is difficult to treat.

15 Jul 2026

Breakthrough Imaging Method Maps Whole Cell Signals

Cells are crowded, dynamic places where thousands of molecules interact in tight quarters. Until now, scientists lacked a reliable way to see many of these molecular interactions as they happen.

15 Jul 2026

Novel Strategy Weaponizes Tumor Cleaning Systems Against Multiple Myeloma

New research out of VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center provides promising evidence for an innovative combination treatment strategy that uses cells' waste removal functions to effectively dismantle multiple myeloma.

14 Jul 2026

Shifting Body Temperatures can Keep Malaria from Spreading

The fever experienced by malaria patients exposes parasites to high temperatures within blood cells.

13 Jul 2026

GLP-1 Drugs Show Promise Against Long COVID-Related Lung Scarring

GLP-1 agonists have gained widespread use for managing weight loss and type 2 diabetes, with recent research indicating additional health advantages.

13 Jul 2026

Global Breakthrough Maps Genes and Cells Regulating Bone Health

In a global breakthrough published in Nature Genetics, researchers have successfully mapped the cells and genes that regulate bone formation and loss at an unprecedented scale and discovered the critical role that blood vessel cells play in bone health.

11 Jul 2026

Single Experiment Tool Allows Researchers to Test Thousands of Proteins

To prevent viruses from sickening or killing us - whether it's an individual case of hepatitis B or a COVID pandemic - it's crucial to understand how the proteins they make initiate changes in our bodies that allow them to flourish.

11 Jul 2026

Atomic Level Discovery Reveals Exactly How Inhaled Anesthetics Silence Neurons

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Birkbeck, University of London, have identified a site where a commonly used anesthetic binds to sodium ion channels, revealing a molecular mechanism that may explain how these drugs dampen communication between neurons.

10 Jul 2026

Novel Study Reveals Hidden Biological Drivers Behind Cancer Induced Appetite Loss

Cachexia is a condition in which patients affected by cancer or other chronic diseases become sick and lose weight. The condition often involves brain-related symptoms of sickness, such as loss of appetite, which can lead to loss of muscle and often fat.

10 Jul 2026