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New Study Reveals How Skin Immune Cells Shape Long-Term Health

Researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have discovered a vital relationship between the immune system's early development and adult function.

29 Jun 2026

Artificial Intelligence Framework Creates Tailored Proteins Targeting Specific Drug Molecules

A Dana-Farber Cancer Institute team led by Nicholas Polizzi, PhD, has developed an artificial intelligence method that designs proteins to recognize and hold specific drug molecules.

29 Jun 2026

Study Identifies New Biological Pathways for Neurodegenerative Treatments

Researchers estimate that nearly 50 percent of people will someday be affected by dementia, either as patients or caregivers.

29 Jun 2026

New Ultra-Sensitive Platform Quantifies Damaged DNA Fragments

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS, President Dr. Lee Ho Seong) has developed an ultra-sensitive immunoassay-based analytical platform that can detect and quantify trace amounts of "Small Excised Damaged DNA (sedDNA)" fragments generated during cellular DNA repair.

29 Jun 2026

Endothelial Cells Form Permanent Networks to Regulate Blood Flow

The cells lining your skin's capillaries are constantly sending each other messages-tiny pulses of calcium that help regulate blood flow, sense physical forces, and keep vessel walls intact.

29 Jun 2026

Gut Microbiota Modulates Tumor Microenvironment Converting Cold Tumors Into Hot

Traditional cancer treatments like chemotherapy and radiotherapy can induce immunogenic cell death (ICD), but their efficacy is often limited by drug resistance, severe off-target toxicity, and immune-related adverse events.

29 Jun 2026

Mayo Clinic Scientists Discover Molecular Structures of Key Protein

After nearly four decades of research, Mayo Clinic scientists have revealed the molecular structures of protein kinase C beta (PKCβ), a key protein linked to cancer and neurological diseases.

29 Jun 2026

Melatonin Enhances Random Skin Flap Viability by Suppressing Ferroptosis

Random-pattern skin flaps are widely used to repair defects caused by trauma, burns, tumor removal, and other injuries because they can be designed without depending on a single named blood vessel.

29 Jun 2026

Researchers Analyze Dopamine Dynamics Governing Human Learning and Memory

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC neuroscientist Read Montague is heading to Braitenberg 100 at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, joining the researchers who helped build modern computational neuroscience.

29 Jun 2026

Single Nucleus RNA Sequencing Decodes Tomato Plant Early Stage Development

Seedling emergence is one of the most vulnerable stages in plant life. In darkness, seedlings undergo skotomorphogenesis, forming elongated hypocotyls and curved apical hooks that protect the shoot tip as it pushes through soil.

29 Jun 2026

Advanced Bioinformatics Models Reveal Bacterial Function in Colon Cancer Patients

Over the past two decades, high‑throughput sequencing has dramatically expanded our understanding of the gut microbiome's composition.

29 Jun 2026

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Agrees to Acquire Bio-Techne, Strengthening Leadership Position in Fast-Growing Life Sciences Markets

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, and Bio-Techne Corporation, a Minneapolis-based global provider of life science tools, analytical technologies, and consumables, today entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, will, subject to customary closing conditions, acquire Bio-Techne for US$73 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately US$11.3 billion (EUR 9.9 billion), a 36% premium to Bio-Techne's one-month volume weighted average trading price.

From Bio-Techne 26 Jun 2026