New immune profiling tool identifies antibodies that trigger preterm births
A typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but for about 1 in 10 pregnant women labor begins too soon.…
Disrupted circadian rhythms may influence tumor immunity and cancer spread
Epidemiological studies link light at night (LAN), shift work, chronic jet lag (CJL), and core clock gene mutations…
High expression of CTDNEP1 gene linked to poorer kidney cancer survival
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common form of kidney cancer, accounting for about 90% of kidney…
Scientists discover a novel strategy to unmask cancer cells in high-risk neuroblastoma
High-risk neuroblastoma is one of the most aggressive forms of solid tumors affecting children, originating in the nervous…
Smart contact lens measures stress levels by analyzing human tears
A research team led by Dr. Yangzhi Zhu, Principal Investigator and Assistant Professor at the Terasaki Institute for…
New drug forces aggressive leukemia cells to die from stress
Pushing the accelerator and the brake at the same time is rarely a good idea. But researchers at…
New study uncovers bacterial route to testosterone production
Many prostate cancers depend on androgen hormones, including testosterone, to grow. That is why treatments for advanced disease…
Modified AlphaFold3 successfully predicts complex protein conformational changes
Conformational changes in proteins are vital to their function yet remain challenging for state-of-the-art artificial intelligence, such as…
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…
Scientists uncover tRNA changes driving Chagas parasite transformation
The Chagas disease parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi) undergoes a major transformation throughout its life cycle in order to infect…
Sprint exercise sends a very different molecular signal through the body
Just minutes of all-out sprint work produced a striking surge in circulating proteins and metabolites, revealing how exercise…