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Super-Resolution DNA Imaging Platform Links Chromatin Loosening to Tumor Progression

Scientists have engineered fluorescent molecules enabling the visualization of DNA organization within living cells with unparalleled resolution, and in fixed cells, nearly the width of the double helix itself.

31 Aug 2026

Moving Beyond DNA Sequencing Unlocks New Paths Managing Human Health

Scientists from Gladstone Institutes, UC San Francisco, and Stanford University, in collaboration with Biohub, have unveiled a massive, high-resolution functional map of human immune cells that promises to transform our understanding of how genetics control health and disease.

31 Aug 2026

New Human Blood Test Accurately Predicts Fatal ALS Neurological Progression

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a severe neurological disease that destroys nerve cells responsible for muscle movement. The disease typically begins with limb or bulbar weakness and progresses to respiratory failure.

31 Aug 2026

Bulky Molecular CRISPR Systems Barely Fit Inside Single Viral Vectors

The ability to precisely adjust the expression of genes inside the human body - ramping up protective ones and tamping down harmful ones - holds enormous potential for treating and preventing disease.

31 Aug 2026

Scientists Find Cancer Gene Forcing Zombie Cells to Cause Aging

In a tale of identities as divergent as "The Prince and the Pauper," a well-known cancer-causing gene also influences cells in a zombie-like state meant to prevent cancer.

31 Aug 2026

Machine Learning Tool Uncovers Epigenome Patterns Without Predefined Labels

In a study recently published in Nature Communications, researchers from Berlin, Potsdam, and Jena present a new method for analyzing the epigenome, the genome's control system that determines which genes are switched on and off.

28 Aug 2026

Next-Generation RNA Therapeutic Approach Offers Hope for Treating Diverse Genetic Diseases

Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a next-generation RNA therapeutic approach with the potential to treat a wide range of genetic diseases that share certain disease-causing mutations.

28 Aug 2026

Newly Found Fibroblasts Help Lung Tumors Evade Immune System

Researchers at Columbia University have discovered a new type of cell that protects lung cancers from attacks by the immune system.

28 Aug 2026

Antarctic Soil Microbes Are Frequently Picking Up Genes for Turning Air Into Energy

Antarctica is one of the driest, coldest places on Earth and long ago its soil microbes were largely dismissed as static or inactive, asleep in the harsh conditions – but new research has revealed that is decidedly not the case.

28 Aug 2026

New Research Explains Genetic Theft and Evolution in Parasitic Plants

Many plant species parasitize other plants by latching on and taking the nutrition their host needs to survive.

27 Aug 2026

Bat DNA Offers Insights Into Longevity and Cancer Resistance

Bats are anomalies in the mammalian world-they fly, have long lifespans, and rarely get cancer. Scientists now suspect the bat immune system enables them to live longer without disease, according to a new study published today in Nature.

27 Aug 2026

Researchers Outline Quantitative Principles of Cell Signaling Time Codes

For decades, biologists assumed that cells transmit instructions mainly through the concentration of signaling molecules - the higher the level, the stronger the response.

27 Aug 2026

New Study Identifies FAM120A as Critical Protein in Tumor Establishment

Researchers investigating the role of progranulin in cancer progression have previously identified the signaling receptor EphA2 as critical in tumor establishment and potential target to enhance the effectiveness of chemotherapy.

26 Aug 2026

Researchers Uncover Novel Method to Increase Key Polycystic Kidney Protein

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited cause of kidney failure.

26 Aug 2026

Researchers Map First Chromosome-Scale Genomes for Sustainable Prairie Crops

The Land Institute and HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, in collaboration with key partners, have assembled the first chromosome-scale, haplotype-phased genomes for Silphium integrifolium (rosinweed, silflower) and Silphium perfoliatum (cup plant, silphie).

25 Aug 2026