Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are leading national efforts to investigate small DNA changes over time that create genetic differences between tissues within the same person.

6 Nov 2026

Molecular Machinery Discovery Informs AR Targeting in Endocrine Resistant Breast Cancer

Adelaide University researchers have found a DNA 'switch' that helps the body stop the growth of the most common form of breast cancer, providing new insights that could help with future treatments.

6 Nov 2026

Molecular Map Matches Patient Tumors to Targeted Clinical Trial Therapies

A new molecular map of breast cancer has identified novel forms of the disease and provides a foundation for selecting personalized treatments guided by a tumor's molecular characteristics rather than standard pathology alone.

6 Nov 2026

Scientists Discover Two New Species of Howler Monkey

Groundbreaking genetic research has uncovered two previously unknown species of howler monkey living in the Amazon rainforest, confirming the world's largest tropical forest is more biodiverse than scientists thought.

5 Nov 2026

Small Populations, Big Potential: New Research Overturns Extinction Assumptions

Species reduced to fewer than 50 individuals in the wild are not automatically doomed to extinction, according to a major study co-authored by researchers at the Zoological Society of London and Monash University.

5 Nov 2026

Oxford BioDynamics Signs First Commercial Agreement with a Major Pharmaceutical Company for Use of EpiSwitch® Orion

Oxford BioDynamics Plc, the 3D Genomics Company, announces that it has entered into its first commercial agreement with a major pharmaceutical company for the use of EpiSwitch® Orion, its cloud-based 3D genomics platform, as part of a biomarker discovery program in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

5 Nov 2026

Bioinformatic Analysis of 87 Vibrio Species Redefines Microbial Phylogenomics

The final-year project carried out by Alexandra García Flórez in the Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology of the University of the Basque Country-EHU has led to a scientific article being published in the prestigious journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

5 Nov 2026

Systematic Genetic Mapping Opens New Doors for Tuberculosis Drug Discovery

Rockefeller scientists have created the most comprehensive map to date of how essential genes interact in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (TB).

5 Nov 2026

Unraveling the Molecular Complexity of SARS-CoV-2 Genome Regulation

A study led by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and University of California, Riverside (UCR) School of Medicine has identified new targets for antiviral drugs against coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

4 Nov 2026

Innate Immune Sensor cGAS Acts as Nuclear Metabolic Regulator

Scientists at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered an unexpected role for a key innate immune protein, revealing how it helps regulate cholesterol levels inside cells and influences tumor growth and treatment response.

4 Nov 2026

Microgravity Drives the Metabolic Switch From Glycolysis to Oxidative Phosphorylation

Earth-based hiPSC models have transformed disease research but remain limited by cellular immaturity, a strong reliance on glycolysis rather than oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), and incomplete tissue architecture.

4 Nov 2026

Synthetic DNA Molecules Provide New Strategy for Targeting Cancer Linked Genes

Researchers have developed a promising new approach that uses synthetic DNA molecules to target cancer-linked genes directly, opening new possibilities for future treatments, diagnostics and biological research.

4 Nov 2026

Targeting CDK1 to Optimize Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer

Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have found that the functioning of a protein known as CDK1 in breast cancer is associated with their reaction to a widely used treatment. This finding has the potential to guide more personalized treatment strategies for individuals.

3 Nov 2026

CRISPR Screen Uncovers COMPASS Pathway Role in Suppressing Gut Autoimmunity

Trillions of bacteria live in the human gut without triggering an immune response. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have now discovered a gene-regulatory pathway that helps maintain this delicate balance.

3 Nov 2026

Mitochondrial Iron Accumulation Drives Perforin Mediated Cancer Cell Death

For decades, scientists have known that a protein made by T cells and natural killer (NK) cells in the immune system, called perforin, can kill tumor cells by punching a hole in the cell wall and injecting proteases called granzymes, which kill the cell.

2 Nov 2026

Langerhans Cell Projections Transmit Surface Microbial Signals to Stem Cells

As the steadfast protector of the body's interior, the skin must be able to swiftly respond to stressors from the outside world and then return to a steady state in order to maintain everyday operations.

2 Nov 2026

New Computational Tool Resolves Evolutionary Paradox of Genome Expansion

A genome contains all of the DNA of every living organism, but its contents don't stop there – most of these structures also contain snippets of DNA that can copy and paste themselves to "infect" a genome, expanding its size. Precisely why that happens remains a mystery.

2 Nov 2026

Are Biodegradable Plastics Really Breaking Down After Disposal?

Findings on biodegradable plastics in landfill leachate reveal complex interactions between polymer chemistry and microbial genetics affecting degradation.

2 Nov 2026

UCLA Health Study Identifies Strategy to Boost Strength and Longevity of Cancer Fighting T Cells

Researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a promising new strategy to make cancer-fighting immune cells stronger and potentially longer-lasting, a discovery that could help improve the effectiveness of immunotherapies that use a patient's own immune cells to attack cancer.

31 Oct 2026

Major Virology Breakthrough Identifies Third Known Family of Bacteria Infecting RNA Viruses

Thriving alongside trillions of bacteria in the human digestive tract is a vast population of viruses. Ever since one such denizen of the gut microbiome, known as picobirnavirus, was first spotted decades ago, researchers thought it directly infected human tissue and played a role in gastrointestinal illness.

31 Oct 2026