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Genetic Analysis of Spotted Bats Traces Evolution Across Time

Understanding changes in North American bat populations is critical to measuring risk of extinction from emerging threats such as habitat loss, climate change, white nose syndrome and other disturbances.

8 Oct 2026

Ancient Gut Microbes Traveled Globally With Prehistoric Human Ancestors

As waves of humans left Africa tens of thousands of years ago, eventually populating the entire planet, they were joined on their world-conquering ride by the trillions of microorganisms that compose the gut microbiome.

8 Oct 2026

Bio-Techne Expands Global GMP Manufacturing Network with New Bristol Facility to Advance Scalable Cell Therapy Development

Bio-Techne Corporation, a global provider of life science tools, reagents and diagnostic products, today announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility for Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) grade small molecules in Bristol, United Kingdom, further expanding the company's global capabilities to support the rapidly growing cell therapy market.

From Bio-Techne 8 Oct 2026

Rare Metabolic Gene Unexpectedly Tied to Inherited Blindness

Scientists at the Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) spearheaded the identification of an unforeseen link between genetic blindness and a gene associated with a rare metabolic disorder.

8 Oct 2026

Enzyme Knockdown Repolarizes Immune Cells for Targeted Immunotherapy

Our bodies contain immune cells called macrophages.

8 Oct 2026

Stem Cell Models Demonstrate Precise Cellular Nibbling of Pathological Fibrils

Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered a previously unrecognized protective role for microglia, the brain's resident immune cells, in Parkinson's disease.

8 Oct 2026

Aldabra Giant Tortoise Genome Provides Evolutionary Blueprint for Cellular Resilience

Researchers studying a giant tortoise named Jonathan say it's not just good genes, but lack of genetic wear and tear that have kept him going for nearly two centuries.

8 Oct 2026

Mitochondrial Genome Dynamics Influence Intrinsic Tumor Aggressiveness

Mitochondria are small organelles within cells that play a central role in vital cellular processes, especially energy production.

8 Oct 2026

Researchers Discover Novel Protein Plug Mechanism in Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

A joint research team led by Professor Hongbaek Cho of the Department of Biological Sciences at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) and Professor Jeong Min Chung of the Department of Biotechnology at The Catholic University of Korea has identified a new mechanism underlying antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a major multidrug-resistant "superbug."

8 Oct 2026

In Vitro Herd Immunity Threshold Experimentally Demonstrated Without Uniform Mixing Assumptions

A research team led by Professor Sungsu Park of the School of Mechanical Engineering and Professor Byung Mook Weon of the School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) has developed a compact, centimeter-scale microfluidic "Herd-Immunity-on-a-Chip" platform that recreates key features of viral transmission in human societies within a controllable laboratory system.

8 Oct 2026

Integrated Multi-Omics Maps Metabolic Shift During Seed Development Stages

Canavalia gladiata, commonly known as sword bean, is a leguminous crop with high seed protein content (26%–30%) and oil rich in unsaturated fatty acids. Despite its nutritional promise, the species has remained underutilized, largely because a complete genome and the genetic basis of its nutritional traits were lacking.

8 Oct 2026

Obligate Endosymbionts Synthesize Vital Amino Acids and Nutrients for Host Survival

Endosymbionts are widely distributed across various cell types in insects and are transmitted primarily vertically, while also spreading among different hosts through horizontal transmission. Functionally, they can be divided into obligate (primary) and facultative (secondary) endosymbionts.

8 Oct 2026

Poor Antibody Validation Risks Wasting Millions of Research Samples

A widespread failure to validate research antibodies before use is estimated to lead to the avoidable waste of millions of animal and human tissue samples worldwide, and an international expert panel has reached consensus on how to address the problem, according to two studies published October 6th in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Harvinder Virk of the University of Leicester, UK, and colleagues.

7 Oct 2026

A Pigment Found in Spinach Helped Build a Squeezable Heart Patch

The study reveals chlorophyll's role in creating highly compressible hydrogels, paving the way for advanced cardiac patches in minimally invasive surgeries.

7 Oct 2026

Vitalant Launches Cell-Based Analytics Lab to Support Allogeneic Therapy Developers

Vitalant, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit blood and biotherapies healthcare organizations, today announced the launch of its analytics lab at the Phoenix Bioscience Core, expanding its cell and gene therapy (CGT) analytical capabilities for developers of allogeneic cell therapies.

7 Oct 2026

Formycon Optimizes Biosimilar Development with AI-Powered Technologies: Digital Solutions Enhance Development Efficiency as Part of the FYB4GROWTH Strategy

Formycon AG ("Formycon") is enhancing the efficiency and scalability of its biosimilar development activities through the focused use of digital technologies.

7 Oct 2026

‘Our Crops Are Losing Their Nutrients’, New Report Warns

Many crops have lost as much as 50% of several key nutrients since the 1960s. Combined with the rise of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, continued projected declines could push around 5 million UK working-age adults below safe levels of essential vitamins and minerals, according to a report published by Deep Science Ventures (DSV).

7 Oct 2026

Innovative Screening Platform Uses Automated Liquid Handling Solutions to Research Aging

The Kohler Lab at Umeå University, Sweden, uses liquid handling solutions from INTEGRA Biosciences to improve the efficiency of its Flexible Ageing Screening Technology (FAST) platform, which uses automated high throughput approaches to investigate aging and mitochondrial function.

7 Oct 2026

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Cellular Heterogeneity Across Distinct Anatomical Prostate Zones

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a distinct type of prostate cell that may help solve the long-standing mystery of why benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) - a noncancerous enlargement of the prostate that commonly affects men as they age - develops almost exclusively in one region of the prostate.

7 Oct 2026

Research Evaluates How Accurately Stem Cell Organoids Replicate In Vivo Metabolism

Nutrition advice is everywhere. Eat more protein. Cut back on sugar. Get more fiber. But beneath all that advice is a surprisingly basic gap in our understanding: Scientists still have a limited view of what happens when specific nutrients reach individual cells inside the body.

7 Oct 2026

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Genetic Analysis of Spotted Bats Traces Evolution Across Time

Ancient Gut Microbes Traveled Globally With Prehistoric Human Ancestors

Bio-Techne Expands Global GMP Manufacturing Network with New Bristol Facility to Advance Scalable Cell Therapy Development

Rare Metabolic Gene Unexpectedly Tied to Inherited Blindness

Enzyme Knockdown Repolarizes Immune Cells for Targeted Immunotherapy

Stem Cell Models Demonstrate Precise Cellular Nibbling of Pathological Fibrils

Aldabra Giant Tortoise Genome Provides Evolutionary Blueprint for Cellular Resilience

Mitochondrial Genome Dynamics Influence Intrinsic Tumor Aggressiveness

Researchers Discover Novel Protein Plug Mechanism in Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

In Vitro Herd Immunity Threshold Experimentally Demonstrated Without Uniform Mixing Assumptions

Integrated Multi-Omics Maps Metabolic Shift During Seed Development Stages

Obligate Endosymbionts Synthesize Vital Amino Acids and Nutrients for Host Survival

Poor Antibody Validation Risks Wasting Millions of Research Samples

A Pigment Found in Spinach Helped Build a Squeezable Heart Patch

Vitalant Launches Cell-Based Analytics Lab to Support Allogeneic Therapy Developers

Formycon Optimizes Biosimilar Development with AI-Powered Technologies: Digital Solutions Enhance Development Efficiency as Part of the FYB4GROWTH Strategy

‘Our Crops Are Losing Their Nutrients’, New Report Warns

Innovative Screening Platform Uses Automated Liquid Handling Solutions to Research Aging

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Cellular Heterogeneity Across Distinct Anatomical Prostate Zones

Research Evaluates How Accurately Stem Cell Organoids Replicate In Vivo Metabolism

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