New software unlocks secrets of cell signaling
SMART, a new software package, can make studying signaling processes significantly easier. Results could accelerate research in fields across the […]
Genetics
Promising biomarker could decode cause of aggressive breast cancer in women of color microbiologystudy
Ancestry-specific differences in TNBC survival and incidence. Credit: EMBO Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44319-024-00331-2 Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive
Multiple sclerosis brain atlas could pave way for personalized treatments microbiologystudy
Graphical abstract. Credit: Neuron (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.11.016 An international research team, including researchers at Karolinska Institutet, has mapped the genes
Giant virus encodes key piece of protein-making machinery of cellular life
Researchers at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa recently discovered that a virus, FloV-SA2, encodes one of the proteins needed
Study shows role of cells’ own RNA in antiviral defense microbiologystudy
Scientists have uncovered a new role for a cell’s own RNA in fending off attacks by RNA viruses. Some of
New ‘molecular flipbook’ gives researchers the best look yet at ribosomal motion
At one time or another, most of us have played with a flipbook, using our thumbs to rapidly flip a
Combining long- and short-read sequencing in single cells reveals new mRNAs in neurodegenerative diseases microbiologystudy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Diseases marked by progressive deterioration of the brain—neurodegeneration—have proven challenging to understand and treat. These common
Genetics
New findings expand genetic knowledge of autism underpinnings microbiologystudy
Ancestral diversity and phenotypic spectrum of the ASD cohort. Credit: npj Genomic Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41525-024-00444-6 Hundreds of novel genetic
Placental genes study explores how assisted reproduction affects children’s development microbiologystudy
It was seen that the observed changes related to metabolism and growth were particularly evident in placentas from fresh embryo