Researchers uncover the source of cells that contribute to pulmonary fibrosis microbiologystudy
Lung organoids subjected to conditions that promote pulmonary fibrosis helped researchers identify the healthy cells that transition into cells that […]
Genetics
Genetics
Inhibiting a gene provides a new weapon to fight treatment-resistant melanoma microbiologystudy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The lab of The Wistar Institute’s Jessie Villanueva, Ph.D., has identified a new strategy for attacking
Mutations in two gene pairs point to a promising drug target in 5% of adult cancers microbiologystudy
Credit: Natalie Velez, Broad Communications Scientists from the Cancer Dependency Map (DepMap) at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
How Sudan virus binds to human cells microbiologystudy
The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms
New insights into liver maturation and specialization could advance regenerative medicine microbiologystudy
Biochemistry professor Nash Kalsotra Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Researchers from the University of Illinois have identified a key
Octopuses have some of the oldest known sex chromosomes
The octopus just revealed another one of its secrets: what determines its sex. University of Oregon researchers have identified a
Comprehensive genetic analysis identifies protective factors against Alzheimer’s disease microbiologystudy
Credit: Adapted from Alzheimer’s & Dementia (2024). DOI: 10.1002/alz.14214 An international research team led by the Hong Kong University of
How healthy stem cells turn into oral cancer microbiologystudy
Representative immunofluorescence images showing normal oral epithelial cells (left) and early stages of oral cancer (right, showing blue cells invading
Disrupting the RBM42 protein could throw a wrench in the gears of cancer’s growth microbiologystudy
RBM42 regulates in vivo PDAC tumorigenesis through Myc. Credit: Nature Cell Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41556-024-01604-7 For decades, scientists have tried