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Structure-Guided Protein Engineering Unlocks Safer Methods for Gene Therapy

A joint research team led by Professor Daesik Kim (Department of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University), along with Professor Yong-Sub Kim (University of Ulsan College of Medicine) and Professor Jae-Hyun Park (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine), has announced the development of 'OpenABE' (Open Adenine Base Editor).

31 Jul 2026

Innovative SenMayo Gene Set Consistently Identifies Diverse Senescent Cells

A series of seven Mayo Clinic studies is helping reshape scientists' understanding of senescent, or "zombie," cells - aging cells that no longer divide but remain metabolically active and release inflammatory molecules that contribute to age-related diseases.

31 Jul 2026

Dysfunctional Mitochondria Control Epigenetic Switches to Turn On Inflammatory Genes

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that helps aging cells drive the chronic inflammation linked to many age-related diseases.

31 Jul 2026

New Research Maps Molecular Basis of Chiral Mirror-Image Flowers

A two-gene supergene and gravity work together to give butterfly lily flowers their rare floral left- and right-handedness, which improves pollen transfer, researchers say. The findings offer new insight into the development of unique mirror-image flowers.

31 Jul 2026

Study Shows How Female Birds Live Shorter Lives Than Males

Birds have a lot to do in their short lives: defend territories, build nests, raise chicks and feed themselves.

31 Jul 2026

New Base Editing Strategy Rewrites Genetic Code to Minimize Huntington's Symptoms

A gene editing tool designed to precisely rewrite the gene that causes Huntington's disease reduced toxic protein fragments and symptoms associated with the disease in mice, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign report.

30 Jul 2026

Harvard Biologists Discover Unique Ribosome Adaptation in Shallow Water Octopuses

The octopus is a biological oddity. It can use tools, open jars, and its complex nervous system supports as many neurons as a small primate.

30 Jul 2026

Genomic Discoveries Reveal How Wild Plants Survive Extreme Altitude Shifts

A research team from the South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has revealed the genomic basis of altitudinal adaptation in the widespread annual herb Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. (shepherd's purse), a close relative of model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

29 Jul 2026

Study Provides New Insights for the Development of Novel Antifungal Drug Targets

This study was conducted by the research group of Professor Liao Guojian from the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University. Candidate genes potentially involved in lysine synthesis in C. neoformans were identified and knocked out.

29 Jul 2026

Scientists Discover How Brain Cells Overcome the Effects of a Disease-Causing Genetic Deletion

Scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have discovered how an experimental therapy can help brain cells overcome the effects of a disease-causing genetic deletion.

29 Jul 2026

New Discovery Reveals How Queen Pheromones Stabilize Early Bee Societies

Female sweat bees need to make a pivotal life decision: remain in the nest to help their mother raise more offspring or leave to establish nests of their own.

29 Jul 2026

3D Mapping of Tonsil Genetic Structures Unlocks Antibody Optimization

About 2 meters worth of genetic material must fit into the nucleus of each and every one of most of our trillions of cells, coiling and winding to form what looks like a tangled mess.

28 Jul 2026

Molecular Insights Into Fungal Effectors Disabling Host Immune Transcription Factors

Plants defend themselves through a layered innate immune system: pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) and effector-triggered immunity (ETI), mediated by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) and nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) receptors, respectively.

28 Jul 2026

Uncovering Plant Discrimination and Dose Responses to Beneficial Soil Microbes

For years, beneficial Bacillus bacteria have been used to promote plant growth and protect crops, yet most studies treat these microbes as functionally interchangeable.

28 Jul 2026

Type I CRISPR Systems Regulate Embedded Innate Immunity Genes in Neisseria

The main function of CRISPR-Cas systems, the revolutionary tool scientists now employ to edit genes, is to defend bacteria against threats such as viruses called bacteriophages. Researchers have continued to study all flavors of CRISPR-Cas systems (to date, 2 classes, 7 types and 46 subtypes have been identified) to understand all their capabilities.

27 Jul 2026

Study Uncovers Two Distinct Embryonic Macrophage Populations with Different Repair Abilities

In leukemia's most aggressive forms, the blood cell factories in our bone marrow falter. Instead of dividing and multiplying at their usual prolific pace, generating hundreds of billions of new cells daily, some precursor cells stall out at an immature stage.

27 Jul 2026