Are those prawns really 100 per cent Australian? The mission to fight food fraud
Those Christmas prawns bathing in the supermarket ice-baths are exactly what you expect: plump, red and labelled 100…
Expert panel recommends new antibiotic strategies for resistant Bordetella pertussis
Pertussis, or whooping cough, remains a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by Bordetella pertussis. Despite inclusion of pertussis…
Hiiragi group and Prevedel group collaborate with Prospective Instruments to pioneer intravital multiphoton microscopy for early embryo research
Prof. Takashi Hiiragi (Hubrecht Institute), Dr. Robert Prevedel (European Molecular Biology Laboratory), and Dr. Lukas Krainer (Prospective Instruments)…
Researchers achieve long-term remission with novel T cell therapies for HPV-related cancers
Researchers from Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Jersey’s only National Cancer Institute (NCI) – designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, and…
New method brings hope for personalized treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease often have to wait a long time to find the right medicine. But…
Breakthrough study reveals how rabies virus uses few proteins to hijack cells
New antivirals and vaccines could follow the discovery by Australian researchers of strategies used by viruses to control…
The role of epigenetics in memory expression
Our experiences leave traces in the brain, stored in small groups of cells called “engrams”. Engrams are thought…
Novel 3D chromosome mapping method can reliably reveal hidden structural variants
Standard laboratory tests can fail to detect many disease-causing DNA changes. Now, a novel 3D chromosome mapping method…
Epigenetic editing enables safer and more effective T cell therapies
Arc Institute, Gladstone Institutes, and University of California, San Francisco, scientists have developed an epigenetic editing platform that…
Decline in vitamin D levels observed during the Covid-19 pandemic
Routine data from laboratories reveal a decline in vitamin D levels during the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in older…
New insights can reshape psychiatric practice across continents
In a compelling Genomic Press Interview published today in Genomic Psychiatry, Dr. Bruce M. Cohen discusses results and…
Rising temperatures put older hearts in danger
As climate change fuels longer, hotter summers, new research shows that older adults’ hearts can’t keep up, exposing…