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Advanced Framework Improves Gene Set Enrichment Analysis to Uncover Hidden Multi-Omics Data Insights

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have created a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that helps reveal how genes function together inside human cells, offering a powerful new way to understand biology and disease.

25 May 2026

Researchers Reverse Immune Cell Dysfunction by Degrading Key Gene Regulatory Proteins

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Bristol Myers Squibb, and the University of Oxford have discovered a way to give worn-out immune cells a second wind in the fight against multiple myeloma.

20 May 2026

Microbes Switch Functional States Without Genetic Mutations to Withstand Stress

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have discovered that many gut bacteria use a flexible survival strategy to withstand disruptions such as antibiotics and diet changes.

20 May 2026

Epigenetic Engineering Boosts Stable Production of Safe Monascus Pigments

This study was led by Professor Yi Wang and Professor Weiming Zhu from the School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China.

15 May 2026

AI Eye Scan Detects Diabetes And Chronic Diseases In 30 Seconds

Reti-Pioneer is an AI system that analyzes retinal images for rapid detection of chronic diseases, enhancing early diagnosis and healthcare accessibility.

13 May 2026

Epigenetic Changes May Influence Inheritance Beyond DNA Sequence Alone

When we think about genetic inheritance, we usually leap to DNA, the four-letter code containing the instructions for building a living organism.

11 May 2026

Genetic Study Identifies Key Cause of Juvenile Glaucoma Risk

A major international study led by Flinders University has identified a genetic contributor to juvenile glaucoma.

8 May 2026

AI Reveals Dynamic DNA Accessibility Within Nucleosome Structures

Every cell in the human body squeezes over six feet of DNA into a miniscule speck invisible to the naked eye-like compressing a whole house into a single sugar cube.

30 Apr 2026

New Technology Uses Genetic Passcodes to Protect High-Value Engineered Cell Lines

In recent years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Homeland Security, and other authorities have flagged a record number of unauthorized shipments of biological materials.

11 Apr 2026

Semen-Derived Exosomes Eye Drops to Treat Retinoblastoma

Innovative eye drops using semen-derived exosomes target retinoblastoma, improving therapeutic delivery and preserving ocular function in preclinical models.

8 Apr 2026

Zebrafish Use Integrated Visual Signals to Move Up and Down in the Ocean

Using zebrafish, researchers from Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) have identified the tegmentum region in the fish midbrain as the area where light input from both the fish's eyes and the pineal organ-the 'third eye'-is integrated.

31 Mar 2026

Study Reveals How Distributed Networks Support Complex Behavior

Understanding how the brain works requires more than studying single regions in isolation. The cerebral cortex depends on long-distance connections that link specialized areas into coordinated networks. But scientists have had limited tools for selectively turning these specific connections "on" or "off" in animal models that most closely resemble the human brain.

31 Mar 2026

New Skin Atlas Reveals Cellular Diversity Across Body Sites

Mount Sinai researchers have published the first organ-wide human skin spatial atlas from across the body.

26 Mar 2026

Functional Mitochondria Key to Recovery of Dying Photoreceptor Cells

Photoreceptors are specialized cells in the eye that convert light energy into neural signals.

12 Mar 2026

Setd8 Enzyme Preserves Retinal Progenitor Identity During Eye Development

The retina is a thin layer of neural tissue at the back of the eye that detects light and converts it into signals, sent to the brain.

10 Mar 2026

Extracellular Matrix Sensing Enables Pancreatic Cancer Cells to Regulate Autophagy Levels

A feature of pancreatic cancer cells' surroundings determines whether they grow fast or become resistant to chemotherapy, a new study shows.

17 Feb 2026

Deep-Sea Fish Reveal Novel Twilight Vision Cells

Researchers have identified a new type of visual cell in deep-sea fish larvae that challenges a century of knowledge about vertebrate visual systems.

12 Feb 2026

Postmortem Human Retinas Recover Neural Light Signals

The ability to restore light responses in human retinas postmortem offers a novel model for studying retinal recovery and developing vision-restoring therapies.

5 Feb 2026

Defective DNA Protein Repair Triggers Inflammation and Premature Aging

Unrepaired DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs) – highly toxic tangles of protein and DNA – cause a process that leads to premature aging and embryonic lethality in mice.

31 Jan 2026

Cytomegalovirus can Hijack a Central 'Traffic Controller' for Immune Cells

In a major scientific breakthrough, researchers from Monash University and the Lions Eye Institute have discovered a tissue protein that acts as a central 'traffic controller' for immune cells and can be hijacked by a virus to weaken immune responses.

22 Jan 2026