Hijacking the command center of the cell: Nuclear parasites in deep-sea mussels microbiologystudy
Most animals live in intimate relationships with bacteria. Some of these bacteria live inside the cells of their hosts, but […]
Genetics
Study finds TGF-beta and RAS signaling are both required for lung cancer metastasis microbiologystudy
A tissue section from a mouse model of lung metastasis showing cancer cells (green) that have attracted and activated fibroblasts
Genetics
100-fold improvement in sight seen after gene therapy trial microbiologystudy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The vision of people with a rare inherited condition that causes them to lose much of
World Trade Center exposure linked to increased DNA methylation microbiologystudy
World Trade Center (WTC) exposure is associated with increased DNA methylation, which may contribute to breast cancer, according to a
Causal link seen for high ferritin, serum iron with lower risk for rheumatoid arthritis microbiologystudy
Genetic predisposition to high ferritin and serum iron status is associated with a lower risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA),
Uncovering a protective mechanism in cardiac myocytes microbiologystudy
Mst1 causes the transport of FoxO1 from the cell cytoplasm to the nucleus by phosphorylating it. This is shown by
Genetics
Pancreatic cancers change identity as they transform into aggressive types, finds organoid study microbiologystudy
A study using organoids derived from patients’ pancreatic cancer tissues revealed that a subset of highly aggressive form of pancreatic
New study shows cells get involved in unhealthy relationships after acute kidney injury in mice microbiologystudy
Following acute kidney injury, damaged cells interact within disease-promoting microenvironments, a process that may lead to chronic kidney disease. Credit:
Keratin gene study pinpoints mutations associated with ‘spindle hair’ microbiologystudy
Monilethrix hair. Credit: Clump/Wikimedia Commons, CC0 Public Domain From infancy and usually for life, some families suffer from broken hair
Cost of whole-genome sequencing approaching current routine genetic testing in blood cancer microbiologystudy
A scenario-based analysis comparing WGS cost for a laboratory with a medium (2,500) and large (7,500) sequencing output (costs in