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New Methods Increase Understanding of How Bacteria Manage DNA

New analytical methods developed at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have increased our understanding of how bacteria manage DNA.

23 Apr 2026

Ancient Genetic Sequences Found to Drive Human Language Abilities

In a first-of-its-kind finding, researchers at University of Iowa Health Care discovered that specific genetic sequences have an outsized impact on humans' language abilities and that these sequences evolved before humans and Neanderthals diverged.

23 Apr 2026

New VIS-Fbs Technology Offers Sharper Images of Living Cellular Processes

Fluorescent proteins have revolutionized science, enabling researchers to tag and visualize individual molecules in living cells, tissues, and animals.

23 Apr 2026

New Method Predicts Cancer Patient Outcomes at Single-Cell Resolution

Oregon Health & Science University researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind method to predict cancer patient survival using advanced molecular data from individual cells.

22 Apr 2026

New Molecular Imaging Technology Illuminates Proteins Inside Living Cells

Fluorescent probes have transformed modern biology by allowing researchers to tag and visualize individual molecules in living cells, tissues, and animals.

22 Apr 2026

New MIND Tool Enables Precise Control of Complex Microbiomes

University of California San Diego researchers have developed a new tool for understanding and modifying any microbiome, including the human microbiome.

22 Apr 2026

Molecular Keyhole Discovery Unlocks New Target for Pain Therapies

Researchers at VIB, VUB, and KU Leuven have identified a tiny binding site, a molecular 'keyhole', in the TRPM3 ion channel, a crucial sensor in pain signaling.

22 Apr 2026

Stem Cell Model Reveals Mechanics of Early Human Embryo Development

For the first time, a stem cell model has produced a structure resembling an early human embryo with a yolk-sac-like structure, from a single starting stem cell population and without direct genetic manipulation.

21 Apr 2026

Structured National Genomic Program can be Effective for Rare Disease Diagnosis

For many families, eight years of uncertainty meant repeated specialist visits, inconclusive genetic tests and the growing fear that a clear answer might never come. For nearly half of the children enrolled in the Telethon Undiagnosed Disease Program (TUDP), that wait is now over.

21 Apr 2026

Sylvester Cancer Center Launches Cloud-Based Platform for Unified Genomic Data

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has developed a novel, cloud-based informatics platform that combines clinical and genomic data from multiple sources into one unified platform.

21 Apr 2026

New Data Demonstrates the Unique Scalability of Evaxion’s AI-Immunology™ Platform in Glioblastoma

Evaxion A/S (“Evaxion”), a clinical-stage TechBio company developing novel vaccines with its pioneering AI-Immunology™ platform, announces new data demonstrating the platform’s ability to also potentially develop vaccines for glioblastoma (brain cancer).

From Evaxion A/S 21 Apr 2026

Protein Shape Changes Come Into Focus With LiP-MS and 3D Proteomics

This review explains how LiP-MS detects protein structural changes across whole proteomes, adding functional insight that standard abundance-based proteomics often misses. It also surveys method variants and shows how LiP-MS supports drug-target discovery, disease biomarker research, and the broader framework of “3D proteomics.”

20 Apr 2026

Neuronal Lipid Metabolism Plays a Key Role in Preventing Metabolic Disorders

The brain is the body's command centre, and neurons are the workhorses that carry out its commands. They transmit signals that regulate many bodily functions, including key metabolic processes such as appetite, body weight and energy expenditure.

17 Apr 2026

Scientists Uncover the Molecular Fingerprints of mRNA Vaccine-Induced T Cells

The advent of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in 2020 changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the Nobel-prize–winning technology is being adapted to fight cancer, with mRNA vaccines in clinical trials for melanoma, small cell lung cancer and bladder cancer, among others, opening the door to new ways of preventing and treating the disease.

17 Apr 2026

New Strategy Enables 3D Tissue Engineering Without the Use of Scaffolds

Biological tissues have a remarkable ability to organize and change shape, driven by forces generated by their own cells. One of the major challenges in bioengineering is harnessing this natural behavior to design synthetic living materials capable of adopting predetermined shapes. However, precisely controlling how a tissue behaves and directing its internal forces to adopt the desired shape remains a significant scientific challenge.

17 Apr 2026

Bio-Techne Introduces Streamlined Brand Architecture to Help Customers Navigate Solutions Faster and With Greater Clarity

Bio-Techne Corporation, a global provider of life science research tools, analytical instruments, and diagnostics, today announced a streamlined brand architecture designed to enable scientists and clinicians to more easily find the answers they need based on their application and stage of research.

From Bio-Techne 16 Apr 2026

Researchers Develop 3D Organoids that Reflect the Complexity of Brain Tumors

Efforts to identify and evaluate next-generation therapeutics for pediatric brain tumors are easily stymied by the quality and availability of laboratory models for research. To address this issue, scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital developed patient-derived tumor organoids and tumor organoid xenografts that accurately reflect the biologic underpinnings of embryonal brain tumors.

16 Apr 2026

"Zombie" Macrophages Accumulate in Aging Tissues and Diseased Livers

UCLA researchers have identified a rogue population of immune cells that quietly accumulates in aging tissues and in the livers of people with fatty liver disease. Clearing these cells, they found, dramatically reduced inflammation and reversed liver damage in mice - even while the animals remained on an unhealthy diet.

16 Apr 2026

New Genomic Data Confirms a Single Pathway for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Scientists have found the strongest evidence to date that a condition known as Barrett's esophagus is the starting point for all cases of esophageal adenocarcinoma – the most common type of esophageal cancer in the developed world – even when telltale signs of this pre-cancerous stage are no longer visible.

16 Apr 2026

1,116 Genomes Mapped to Reveal Hidden Human DNA Variation

The 1KCP pangenome enhances genetic research by mapping diverse DNA variations, crucial for understanding disease risk and advancing population genetics.

16 Apr 2026