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Hidden Immune Cells May Hold Key to Tackling Female Infertility

University of Manchester scientists have uncovered a hidden role for immune cells in the womb, opening the door to new treatments for infertility, miscarriage and other reproductive conditions that affect millions of women worldwide.

10 Sep 2026

‘Parachute Science’ is Failing the World’s Tropical Insects

Monash University scientists have developed a new global framework to tackle a major blind spot in biodiversity conservation: insects underpin ecosystems and food production but remain largely invisible to conservation efforts across the tropics.

10 Sep 2026

SMART Researchers Discover First PLP-Dependent Enzyme That Influences Bacterial Protein Production

Researchers from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology’s (SMART) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) interdisciplinary research group, alongside collaborators from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore), and institutions in the United States, Poland, and France, have discovered aminovaleramididine synthetase (AvaS), the first identified pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme responsible for producing a chemical modification linked to how bacteria respond to metabolic stress.

10 Sep 2026

IU Biologists Find a Hidden Weak Spot in How Bacteria Build the Tails They Use to Move

New research from Indiana University has uncovered a previously unknown vulnerability in how bacteria build the whip-like tails they use to move.

10 Sep 2026

Novel Microscopy Method Captures Live Body-Wide Organismal Cellular Signaling

We can't hear it, but the different parts of our body are in constant conversation, communicating to keep the entire system running efficiently.

10 Sep 2026

Synchronized Gene Regulatory Pathways Defend C. diff Against Host and Microbiota Threats

The pathogen Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) - a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections - must contend with a variety of threats inside the harsh environment of the gut to survive and grow.

10 Sep 2026

Study Reveals Structural Roughness as Key Factor in Tumor Detachment Dynamics

In 2024, malignant tumors caused more than 21,300 deaths in Austria, 4.7% more than in 2014. Faced with a similarly pressing global challenge, scientists are striving to better understand what drives cancer cells to grow, spread, and invade healthy tissue.

10 Sep 2026

Multi-Omic Integration Reveals Novel Gene-Disease Links in Undiagnosed Rare Conditions

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London, the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) and Genomics England have shown that measuring proteins in the blood can provide important additional clues about the effects of genetic variants, helping to identify diagnoses and potential new disease-causing genes that genome sequencing alone has been unable to resolve.

10 Sep 2026

Advanced Gene Editing Provides Essential Tool for Studying Early Human Embryonic Development

A study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons has found that new cutting-edge techniques can accurately edit genes in human embryos-giving scientists indispensable tools for understanding normal human development-but has also uncovered important risks that currently preclude the use of the techniques in the clinic.

10 Sep 2026

Researchers Discover Groundbreaking Protein-Stabilizing Antiviral for Ebola

A University of Minnesota-led multi-institutional research team has discovered a highly potent small molecule that blocks Ebola virus entry by stabilizing the virus's entry protein and provides strong protection when given orally in a preclinical model.

10 Sep 2026

Human Embryos Repair Single-Strand DNA Damage Reliably but Fail at Double-Strand Breaks

Although DNA repair is one of the fundamental processes required for normal human embryonic development, little has been known about how it operates during the earliest stages of development.

10 Sep 2026

Researchers Propose Roadmap for Brain-Wide Lifetime Electrophysiology in Mammalian Models

Understanding the brain requires tools that can follow neural activity across many scales: from millisecond electrical spikes in individual neurons to brain-wide circuit dynamics that change over months, years, and even a lifetime.

10 Sep 2026

Computational Chemistry Breakthrough Yields Targeted Molecule for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment

Pushing the accelerator and the brake at the same time is rarely a good idea. But researchers at the University of Gothenburg are using this approach to treat leukemia.

9 Sep 2026

How Can Stressed Mitochondria Actually Protect Your Heart?

Mitochondria are popularly known as the “powerhouse of the cell,” but these cellular structures do so much more–including acting as signaling hubs.

9 Sep 2026

UCLA Breakthrough Generates Thousands of Allogeneic T-Cell Doses From Single Cord Blood Sample

T cell receptor, or TCR, therapy is a cancer treatment that genetically reprograms immune cells, called T cells, to hunt down cancer with precision.

9 Sep 2026

Study Evaluates Impact of Broad-Spectrum Fungal Immunization on Resident Gut Microflora

A vaccine created by University of Georgia researchers to battle multiple life-threatening fungal infections is successful in achieving protective immunity in pre-clinical animal models while also maintaining the biodiversity of the gut microbiome, according to a new study.

9 Sep 2026

Loss of Matrix Receptors Impairs Actin Cytoskeleton Remodeling, Cell Spreading, and Osteogenic Differentiation

During bone healing, skeletal progenitor cells (SPCs), which can multiply and develop into bone-forming cells, move to the injury site and help build new bone.

9 Sep 2026

Condensed Euchromatic Domains Dynamically Regulate Gene Expression and Maintain Nuclear Organization

The human genome is about two meters long, yet it is folded inside a cell nucleus only about 10 micrometers in diameter.

9 Sep 2026

New Platform Promises Rapid Vaccine Monitoring and Biomarker Discovery for Emerging Pathogens

A research team comprising Associate Professor FUNAKOSHI Yohei, Associate Professor YAKUSHIJIN Kimikazu, Professor MINAMI Hironobu, and Associate Professor OHJI Goh of Kobe University, together with graduate student MASUDA Genki, then-graduate student IIZUMI Shunsuke, Associate Professor OHUE Masahito, and colleagues at the Institute of Science Tokyo, has developed a new analysis method, LM-QASAS.

9 Sep 2026

Open Sesame: Can Plants Acquire Genes from the Species They Parasitize On?

A new study shows how Cuscuta plants acquire and repurpose a functional gene from a host species through horizontal gene transfer, thereby enhancing metabolic diversity.

8 Sep 2026

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Hidden Immune Cells May Hold Key to Tackling Female Infertility

‘Parachute Science’ is Failing the World’s Tropical Insects

SMART Researchers Discover First PLP-Dependent Enzyme That Influences Bacterial Protein Production

IU Biologists Find a Hidden Weak Spot in How Bacteria Build the Tails They Use to Move

Novel Microscopy Method Captures Live Body-Wide Organismal Cellular Signaling

Synchronized Gene Regulatory Pathways Defend C. diff Against Host and Microbiota Threats

Study Reveals Structural Roughness as Key Factor in Tumor Detachment Dynamics

Multi-Omic Integration Reveals Novel Gene-Disease Links in Undiagnosed Rare Conditions

Advanced Gene Editing Provides Essential Tool for Studying Early Human Embryonic Development

Researchers Discover Groundbreaking Protein-Stabilizing Antiviral for Ebola

Human Embryos Repair Single-Strand DNA Damage Reliably but Fail at Double-Strand Breaks

Researchers Propose Roadmap for Brain-Wide Lifetime Electrophysiology in Mammalian Models

Computational Chemistry Breakthrough Yields Targeted Molecule for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment

How Can Stressed Mitochondria Actually Protect Your Heart?

UCLA Breakthrough Generates Thousands of Allogeneic T-Cell Doses From Single Cord Blood Sample

Study Evaluates Impact of Broad-Spectrum Fungal Immunization on Resident Gut Microflora

Loss of Matrix Receptors Impairs Actin Cytoskeleton Remodeling, Cell Spreading, and Osteogenic Differentiation

Condensed Euchromatic Domains Dynamically Regulate Gene Expression and Maintain Nuclear Organization

New Platform Promises Rapid Vaccine Monitoring and Biomarker Discovery for Emerging Pathogens

Open Sesame: Can Plants Acquire Genes from the Species They Parasitize On?

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