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Why Rare E. coli Genes Rarely Create New Metabolic Functions

A study reveals that rare E. coli genes mainly reshape existing metabolic reactions, highlighting genetic diversity without expanding biochemical pathways.

16 Jul 2026

Targeted Gene Studies Investigate Secondary Structure Changes in Brain Tumors

The pathogenic role of MIR142 genetic abnormalities in the development of primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the central nervous system (CNS) is unexplored.

16 Jul 2026

Fungal Resistance Requires Healthy Genetic Traits and Intact Natural Landscapes

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates that a frog's resistance to a fungus that has decimated hundreds of amphibian species worldwide is due not only to its genes, but also to the beneficial bacteria living on its skin and to the organization of its surrounding landscape.

16 Jul 2026

Novel T Cell Immune Path Targets Aggressive Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a new way in which T cells attack acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells, which may help explain why AML is particularly sensitive to immune-based treatments and could guide the development of future cancer immunotherapies.

16 Jul 2026

Superbug Discovery Overturns Long-Held Public Health Beliefs

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals a hidden source of antibiotic resistance, providing an early warning sign for researchers and public health officials.

16 Jul 2026

MIT Researchers Grow Blood Vessels by Stretching Them

Tissue engineers are developing methods to produce living organs and tissues from cells in order to replace diseased and damaged ones in the body.

15 Jul 2026

Xiaowan Reservoir Study Shows Stable Functions Despite Microbial Community Shifts

Microbial communities in large reservoirs may change markedly from year to year, yet the essential processes they perform can remain surprisingly stable.

15 Jul 2026

Study: Genes Obey an Optimal Dynamic Switching Principle

Inside the cell nucleus, genes must be turned on and off with precision to regulate biological processes. The first models of gene regulation were developed in the 1960s, yet modern science continues to uncover new layers of control.

14 Jul 2026

Genetically Stable Bacteriophages Open New Frontiers for Fighting Crop Disease

Researchers have discovered that a group of viruses known to infect an agriculturally important plant pathogen has remained genetically stable for an astonishing four decades.

14 Jul 2026

Intermicrobial Antagonism Controls Essential Bacteria Populations in Human Guts

Mougous, John F. Enders Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), studies bacterial warfare, or how different microbes defend their ecological niches against other species.

14 Jul 2026

Enigmatic MLL4 Protein Drives Leukemia While Suppressing Solid Tumors

The epigenetic modifier MLL4 has an unassuming name-the 4, for instance, indicates it's just one in a family of such modifiers.

14 Jul 2026

New CRISPR Atlas Details How Every Gene Influences Stem Cells

A team led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a genome-scale reference map that details how individual genes control the functions and identities of human stem cells.

14 Jul 2026

Shifting Body Temperatures can Keep Malaria from Spreading

The fever experienced by malaria patients exposes parasites to high temperatures within blood cells.

13 Jul 2026

Scientists Solve Ancient Prebiotic Paradox With Novel RNA Repair Mechanism

In most modern cells, DNA stores the genetic blueprint, and relies on proteins to replicate, repair and build from those blueprints. At the same time, proteins require instructions from DNA to be made in the first place.

13 Jul 2026

GLP-1 Drugs Show Promise Against Long COVID-Related Lung Scarring

GLP-1 agonists have gained widespread use for managing weight loss and type 2 diabetes, with recent research indicating additional health advantages.

13 Jul 2026

Global Breakthrough Maps Genes and Cells Regulating Bone Health

In a global breakthrough published in Nature Genetics, researchers have successfully mapped the cells and genes that regulate bone formation and loss at an unprecedented scale and discovered the critical role that blood vessel cells play in bone health.

11 Jul 2026

New Research Links DNA Hypomethylation to Faster Growing Brain Tumors

A form of glioma, a type of brain cancer, tends to progress towards greater malignancy due to an increasing tendency of the glioma cells to transform into immature, stem-cell-like states, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, the New York Genome Center, Harvard Medical School and Mass General Brigham.

11 Jul 2026