The biggest scientific breakthroughs of the last 25 years—and a few to watch
James Webb Space Telescope gives us the oldest ever look at the universe On December 25, 2021, space…
Engineering muscle stem cells for sustainable cultured meat production
The production of cultured meat depends on the isolation, expansion, and differentiation of animal stem cells into edible…
DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng makes the cut in top 10 ‘people who shaped science in 2025’
The Nature’s 10 profile of Liang recognised the disruption caused in January by the release of DeepSeek-R1, a…
Timing of genetic mutation dictates childhood leukemia aggressiveness
A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has uncovered why children with…
Study sheds light on how extracellular vesicles mediate intercellular communication
A new study describes a key molecular mechanism that explains how cells exchange information through extracellular vesicles (EVs),…
CRISPR-edited fungus boosts protein production and cuts environmental impact
In a new study publishing November 19 in the Cell Press journal Trends in Biotechnology, researchers used a…
How to get gene-editing medicines to families that need it
In May, news broke of a biomedical first: the on-demand design and clinical use of a personalized gene…
Scientists map the genetic control system behind FOXP3 in immune cells
The immune system faces a delicate balancing act: it must be aggressive enough to fight infections and cancer,…
PTGES3 emerges as key regulator of androgen receptor in prostate cancer
A poorly characterized protein, historically thought to be a chaperone or enzyme, may actually be a key player…
Is Bill Gates Playing God? Shocking ‘Seeds and Code’ Speech Fuels Fears of Genetic Engineering Agenda
A speech attributed to Bill Gates, circulating under the title ‘Seeds and Code’, has sparked global controversy over…
Nuclear binding protein identified as key contributor to trisomy 21-related CHDs
Three copies of chromosome 21 causes Down syndrome (DS), and roughly half of children born each year in…
A Rogue Gene Explains Mysterious Cases of Diabetes and Epilepsy in Newborns
Credit: Wikimedia Commons When six infants around the world were diagnosed with an odd trio of symptoms (diabetes,…