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Bonsai Mapping Software Transforms Complex Biological Big Data Analysis

Modern biology research can now generate valuable data on an unprecedented scale. But there is one major obstacle: making sense of these complex high-dimensional datasets.

24 Aug 2026

New Open-Access Protein Atlas Aims to Streamline Future Drug Development

For a new drug to work in the human body, it must make its way to the exact cell type where it's needed and then, in many cases, get inside the cells.

24 Aug 2026

Woodlands in Urban Areas Linked to Reduced Antidepressant Use

Improving and maintaining woodlands in deprived communities is linked with reduced antidepressant and anti-anxiety medication use, research suggests.

24 Aug 2026

Scientists Develop Rapid DNA-Based Technique for Estimating Shark Lifespans

This study introduces a DNA-based method for estimating shark ages, crucial for conservation and understanding the life cycles of marine organisms.

24 Aug 2026

New Computational Tool Estimates Cell Age by Analyzing Gene Activity Patterns

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University have created an innovative tool that determines cellular biological age through gene activity analysis.

24 Aug 2026

Centriolar Satellites Coordinate Crucial Internal Cellular Protein Trafficking Networks

Inside every cell, thousands of proteins must reach the right place at the right time. Helping coordinate this complex logistics network are centriolar satellites-tiny, membrane-less organelles that play important roles in protein trafficking, cell division, and the formation of cilia.

22 Aug 2026

Mapping Diverse Brain Cell Populations Unlocks Deep Hidden Molecular Secrets

Understanding how molecular changes shape brain function and disease requires more than measuring genes in bulk tissue.

22 Aug 2026

Mice Studies Prove Engineered Molecules Eradicate Tumors Within Eleven Days

A two-headed molecule designed by Stanford Medicine researchers hijacks one of the most common protein drivers of B-cell lymphoma, flipping it from its role as a promoter of cell growth into an arbiter of cell death.

22 Aug 2026

New Transcriptomic Framework Identifies Early Cell Damage Before Organ Failure

Researchers at the University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, and the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research have developed a method that, for the first time, enables damage to individual cells to be precisely quantified.

22 Aug 2026

Specialized DNA Sequences Carefully Control Crucial Cellular Protein Production Safely

Precise activation of tens of thousands of genes is critical for healthy development and growth. Specialized segments of our DNA are responsible for carefully orchestrating genetic sequences that result in the production of enzymes, hormones, proteins and other crucial components underlying cell structure and function.

22 Aug 2026

Study Redefines How Cancer Cells Enter Senescence

Stopping tumor growth is only half the battle. Rather than kill tumor cells, many cancer therapies can only push them into cellular senescence, a state in which cells stop dividing but do not die. These "undead" cells will continue to release signals that reshape the tumor environment.

21 Aug 2026

New Hybrid Compounds Fight Aggressive Cancers and Infections

Cancer patients often face more than the disease itself. Their treatment is frequently complicated by infections and other health conditions, meaning they may need to take several different medications at once.

21 Aug 2026

Study Traces Animal DNA Along Irreversible Evolutionary Highways

A human, an octopus, and a coral could hardly look more different - yet deep inside their cells, their chromosomes still carry recognizable pieces of a genome inherited from an animal ancestor that lived more than 600 million years ago.

21 Aug 2026

New MOSAIC Microscope Captures Biological Processes Across Multiple Scales

Biology doesn’t happen at one scale. Molecular interactions unfold in milliseconds and nanometers, while disease-associated change such as in Alzheimer’s spreads across millimeters of brain tissue.

21 Aug 2026

Experimental Platform Could Rapidly Deliver Next-Generation mRNA Therapeutics

In a new study, scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine report that an experimental mRNA-based platform has the potential to help deliver next-generation mRNA therapeutics, including vaccines fighting against infectious disease, cancer and autoimmune conditions, faster and more efficiently than the industry standard.

21 Aug 2026