Cell proliferation gene plays a distinct role in cells that no longer proliferate
In a tale of identities as divergent as “The Prince and the Pauper,” a well-known cancer-causing gene also…
Specialized blood vessel cells found to actively drive lung fibrosis
Millions of people worldwide are affected by diseases that cause scarring of the lungs, often leading to breathing…
Study shows how cancer can act as a systemic disease
In their quest to understand how cancers take root, grow and spread, scientists have for the past half-century…
Machine learning maps changing immune response over time in sepsis
Researchers have mapped how the immune response in people with sepsis changes over time. Sepsis is a life-threatening…
Salk researchers isolate specific neurons controlling complex social behaviors
Our brains constantly integrate information about both our internal state and our surroundings to determine how we behave.…
Fleeting interactions between membrane sugar chains control cell division
Acting as an armor, a scaffold, and a communication platform in one, our cells’ plasma membrane lies at…
Computer model could streamline design of protein degraders
A team of Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has developed a computer model that will help scientists more efficiently…
New platform enables large-scale production of custom proteins
Scientists have been hard at work for more than 20 years to instruct biological systems, such as E.…
New discovery helps identify colorectal cancer patients at risk for metastasis
Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland and Gustave Roussy Institute in France have discovered a molecular…
From caffeine to trigonelline, coffee has surprising links to muscle biology
From NAD+ metabolism and glucose uptake to muscle mass and frailty, researchers mapped how coffee and its compounds…
Satellite DNA acts as a barcode for matching chromosome pairs
The body cells of humans and animals contain a double set of chromosomes. One half of the genetic…
A striking immune cell pattern emerges around a person’s 100th birthday
Rare immune cells found at strikingly high levels in people who live beyond 110 reveal an unusual pattern…