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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

New Research Links Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors to Hidden Genetics

Two disorders with big names-trichotillomania (repeated hair-pulling) and excoriation disorder (repeated skin-picking)-were the focus of a recent Yale study looking at potential genetic causes.

25 Aug 2026

Bonsai Mapping Software Transforms Complex Biological Big Data Analysis

Modern biology research can now generate valuable data on an unprecedented scale. But there is one major obstacle: making sense of these complex high-dimensional datasets.

24 Aug 2026

New Open-Access Protein Atlas Aims to Streamline Future Drug Development

For a new drug to work in the human body, it must make its way to the exact cell type where it's needed and then, in many cases, get inside the cells.

24 Aug 2026

New Computational Tool Estimates Cell Age by Analyzing Gene Activity Patterns

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University have created an innovative tool that determines cellular biological age through gene activity analysis.

24 Aug 2026

Mapping Diverse Brain Cell Populations Unlocks Deep Hidden Molecular Secrets

Understanding how molecular changes shape brain function and disease requires more than measuring genes in bulk tissue.

22 Aug 2026

Mice Studies Prove Engineered Molecules Eradicate Tumors Within Eleven Days

A two-headed molecule designed by Stanford Medicine researchers hijacks one of the most common protein drivers of B-cell lymphoma, flipping it from its role as a promoter of cell growth into an arbiter of cell death.

22 Aug 2026

New Transcriptomic Framework Identifies Early Cell Damage Before Organ Failure

Researchers at the University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, and the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research have developed a method that, for the first time, enables damage to individual cells to be precisely quantified.

22 Aug 2026

Study Redefines How Cancer Cells Enter Senescence

Stopping tumor growth is only half the battle. Rather than kill tumor cells, many cancer therapies can only push them into cellular senescence, a state in which cells stop dividing but do not die. These "undead" cells will continue to release signals that reshape the tumor environment.

21 Aug 2026

Study Traces Animal DNA Along Irreversible Evolutionary Highways

A human, an octopus, and a coral could hardly look more different - yet deep inside their cells, their chromosomes still carry recognizable pieces of a genome inherited from an animal ancestor that lived more than 600 million years ago.

21 Aug 2026

Powerful Imaging Technique Captures Gene Transcription Inside Living Organisms

All living things have a fleet of tiny copy machines that turn instructions from DNA into RNA, the molecules responsible for helping build proteins that keep organisms alive.

21 Aug 2026