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SIGLEC12 Identified as Key Driver Of Necroptosis in Humans

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a protein that causes human cell membranes to break open in a form of inflammatory programmed cell death called necroptosis.

12 Dec 2025

Light-Based Technique Reveals How Extracellular Vesicles Interact With Cells

The tiny bubbles that carry signals between cells throughout the body were discovered decades ago, but precisely what they contain and how their cargo affects recipient cells is still largely a mystery.

12 Dec 2025

Serum-Free Media Enables Scalable Cultured Meat From Muscle Stem Cells

The production of cultured meat depends on the isolation, expansion, and differentiation of animal stem cells into edible tissues.

12 Dec 2025

CRISPR Reveals Dark Genome Regions That Sense Cellular Mechanics

Researchers at Duke University used CRISPR technologies to discover previously unannotated stretches of DNA in the 'dark genome' that are responsible for controlling how cells sense and respond to the mechanical properties of their local environment.

12 Dec 2025

Comprehensive Gene Maps Reveal Hidden Networks Behind Disease Traits

Today's biomedical researchers are relentlessly searching for genes that drive disease, with the goal of creating therapies that target those genes to restore health.

12 Dec 2025

Visualizing How Cancer Seed Cells Evade Brain Immunity

Metastasis occurs when cancer cells break away from the original tumor and travel through the bloodstream to form new tumors in other parts of the body. It is the leading cause of cancer-related death. Brain metastasis is particularly severe and affects 10-30% of patients with advanced lung, breast, and melanoma cancers.

12 Dec 2025

New Insights Into LARP6-RNA Binding Could Lead to Fibrosis Therapies

A research team at the Institute of Molecular Biophysics and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University has made a significant discovery regarding the interaction between a protein present in the human body and RNA, which may pave the way for innovative treatments for tissue scarring, commonly referred to as fibrosis.

12 Dec 2025

Theobromine in Dark Chocolate may Slow Biological Aging

A chemical found in dark chocolate could slow the rate of biological aging.

11 Dec 2025

Mitochondrial Supercomplex Protein COX7RP Extends Lifespan and Healthspan

As life expectancy continues to climb globally, the focus of many people has moved from longevity alone to living in good health.

11 Dec 2025

Heterosis in Crops Explained Through Complex Gene Interaction Analysis

When two homozygous plant lines with different characteristics are crossed, the resulting offspring are often more robust and productive than their parents.

11 Dec 2025

Study Reveals the Unexpected Factor Restricting Earth's Biggest Land Animals

Humans live in a world abundant in salt, but this everyday seasoning is a luxury for wild herbivores, and it's far from clear how these animals get enough.

11 Dec 2025

Changes in the Activity of KCC2 Protein Influence Reward Learning

A new finding from researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center shows that the learning process of associating cues with rewards can be altered by increased or decreased activity of a specific protein in the brain.

11 Dec 2025

How Complex Microbial Communities Drive the Evolution and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance

A new scientific review has uncovered how complex microbial communities, including those in the human gut and the natural environment, act as powerful engines that drive the evolution and spread of antimicrobial resistance.

11 Dec 2025

Four Hour UTI Test Outperforms Hospital Cultures on Speed and Accuracy

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11 Dec 2025

Researchers Elucidate Microtubule-Mediated Cell Signal Transduction

The most diverse functions of a cell in the human body – from cell division and differentiation to motility and programmed cell death – are controlled by signaling proteins within the cell. This includes the immune system and the reading of genetic information.

11 Dec 2025