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New Insights Into How Giant-Nucleus Cells Promote Early-Stage Cancer Growth

Iron is an essential micronutrient, but excess iron can damage cells and increase cancer risk. While many cells die from iron-induced oxidative stress, a subset survives and may become cancerous. Previously, the identity of these surviving cells was unclear.

11 Sep 2026

Unlocking the Genetic History of Grasses for Future Food Security Solutions

An international team of scientists, including Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Member Emerita Elizabeth "Toby" Kellogg, PhD, has produced a chromosome-level genome assembly that offers a new view of the earliest evolution of grasses, the plant family that includes many of the world's most important food crops.

11 Sep 2026

Molecular Circuit Linking Abscisic Acid Signaling to Tanshinone Production Uncovered

Salvia miltiorrhiza, also known as Danshen, is a highly regarded traditional Chinese medicine widely used for treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Its medicinal properties are largely attributed to tanshinones-a group of more than 40 diterpenoid quinone compounds, including tanshinone I, tanshinone IIA, and cryptotanshinone, which predominantly accumulate in the plant's roots.

11 Sep 2026

Synchronized Gene Regulatory Pathways Defend C. diff Against Host and Microbiota Threats

The pathogen Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) - a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections - must contend with a variety of threats inside the harsh environment of the gut to survive and grow.

10 Sep 2026

Multi-Omic Integration Reveals Novel Gene-Disease Links in Undiagnosed Rare Conditions

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London, the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) and Genomics England have shown that measuring proteins in the blood can provide important additional clues about the effects of genetic variants, helping to identify diagnoses and potential new disease-causing genes that genome sequencing alone has been unable to resolve.

10 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

Human Embryos Repair Single-Strand DNA Damage Reliably but Fail at Double-Strand Breaks

Although DNA repair is one of the fundamental processes required for normal human embryonic development, little has been known about how it operates during the earliest stages of development.

10 Sep 2026

How Can Stressed Mitochondria Actually Protect Your Heart?

Mitochondria are popularly known as the “powerhouse of the cell,” but these cellular structures do so much more–including acting as signaling hubs.

9 Sep 2026

Loss of Matrix Receptors Impairs Actin Cytoskeleton Remodeling, Cell Spreading, and Osteogenic Differentiation

During bone healing, skeletal progenitor cells (SPCs), which can multiply and develop into bone-forming cells, move to the injury site and help build new bone.

9 Sep 2026

Condensed Euchromatic Domains Dynamically Regulate Gene Expression and Maintain Nuclear Organization

The human genome is about two meters long, yet it is folded inside a cell nucleus only about 10 micrometers in diameter.

9 Sep 2026

Open Sesame: Can Plants Acquire Genes from the Species They Parasitize On?

A new study shows how Cuscuta plants acquire and repurpose a functional gene from a host species through horizontal gene transfer, thereby enhancing metabolic diversity.

8 Sep 2026

High Resolution Chemical Maps Reveal Internal Manufacturing Layout of Herbs

Plants produce flavonoids-bioactive compounds with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and osteoprotective properties-through complex modification pathways.

8 Sep 2026

First Chromosome-Level Genome Unveils Blueprints of Valued Medicinal Compounds

Spuriopimpinella brachycarpa, known locally as Dayeqin or Shanqincai, has long been used in traditional medicine to treat colds, indigestion, abdominal pain, and cough.

8 Sep 2026

Salk Study Uncovers How Mitochondrial Signals Drive Lasting Cardioprotection

Mitochondria are popularly known as the "powerhouse of the cell," but these cellular structures do so much more-including acting as signaling hubs.

7 Sep 2026

Elusive Archaea Act as Flexitarians in Marine Sponge Symbiosis

Symbiotic ammonia-oxidizing archaea in marine sponges are not strict specialists, but true "flexitarians": A team led by microbiologists Bettina Glasl and Katharina Kitzinger from the University of Vienna, in collaboration with partners from Australia, has shown that these microbes dine not only on ammonia but also on amino acids such as valine, leucine, and isoleucine - and presumably do that to communicate with their animal host.

7 Sep 2026

Why Not Every Ant Helps

Why do some ants help nestmates in distress while others don't? A research team from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and Tel Aviv University has addressed this question in a new study.

7 Sep 2026

Genetic Differences In Neural Pathways Determine Which Ants Save Nestmates

Why do some ants help nestmates in distress while others don't? A research team from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and Tel Aviv University has addressed this question in a new study.

7 Sep 2026

Ancient DNA Reveals Famous Extinct Feline Was Actually Fish Eating Puma

A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has overturned decades of assumptions about Miracinonyx trumani, the extinct predator popularly known as the American cheetah.

7 Sep 2026

Research Identifies Microorganisms That Convert Precursors Into Testosterone

Many prostate cancers depend on androgen hormones, including testosterone, to grow. That is why treatments for advanced disease often try to reduce testosterone production or block its effects.

7 Sep 2026

New Understanding of Brain Circuitry Genes Opens Door for Targeted OCD Therapies

A Rutgers-led international team co-authored a study, which was published in Nature Neuroscience, revealing 36 genes significantly increasing the risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and chronic tic disorders. This research offers the most comprehensive biological insight into the development of these conditions and potential future treatments.

4 Sep 2026

Genes News and Research

New Insights Into How Giant-Nucleus Cells Promote Early-Stage Cancer Growth

Unlocking the Genetic History of Grasses for Future Food Security Solutions

Molecular Circuit Linking Abscisic Acid Signaling to Tanshinone Production Uncovered

Synchronized Gene Regulatory Pathways Defend C. diff Against Host and Microbiota Threats

Multi-Omic Integration Reveals Novel Gene-Disease Links in Undiagnosed Rare Conditions

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

Human Embryos Repair Single-Strand DNA Damage Reliably but Fail at Double-Strand Breaks

How Can Stressed Mitochondria Actually Protect Your Heart?

Loss of Matrix Receptors Impairs Actin Cytoskeleton Remodeling, Cell Spreading, and Osteogenic Differentiation

Condensed Euchromatic Domains Dynamically Regulate Gene Expression and Maintain Nuclear Organization

Open Sesame: Can Plants Acquire Genes from the Species They Parasitize On?

High Resolution Chemical Maps Reveal Internal Manufacturing Layout of Herbs

First Chromosome-Level Genome Unveils Blueprints of Valued Medicinal Compounds

Salk Study Uncovers How Mitochondrial Signals Drive Lasting Cardioprotection

Elusive Archaea Act as Flexitarians in Marine Sponge Symbiosis

Why Not Every Ant Helps

Genetic Differences In Neural Pathways Determine Which Ants Save Nestmates

Ancient DNA Reveals Famous Extinct Feline Was Actually Fish Eating Puma

Research Identifies Microorganisms That Convert Precursors Into Testosterone

New Understanding of Brain Circuitry Genes Opens Door for Targeted OCD Therapies

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