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New algorithm identifies cells responsible for aggressive tumor growth

Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have unveiled the first computational algorithm capable of identifying which cell populations within a tumor drive aggressive growth.

2 Dec 2024

Great ape museum specimens reveal secrets of DNA virus evolution

Scientists screened great ape museum specimens for DNA viruses, revealing insights into viral evolution and host-virus associations spanning decades.

2 Dec 2024

Minority genetic variation in tuberculosis offers new insights for improving outbreak tracking

Findings show that within-host MTBC variation improves transmission inference, suggesting new strategies for understanding and controlling tuberculosis spread.

2 Dec 2024

Ancient footprints reveal two hominin species coexisting 1.5 million years ago

More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake Turkana in Kenya, two completely different species of hominins may have passed each other as they scavenged for food.

28 Nov 2024

New insights into how and when bipedal locomotion evolved in human ancestors

One of the most fascinating periods in the evolution of the human lineage is the appearance of the first ancestors capable of bipedalism.

28 Nov 2024

Fungus found in the mouse stomach may hold a key to fungal evolution in the gut

A fungus discovered in the mouse stomach may hold a key to fungal evolution within the gastrointestinal tract, according to new research led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

27 Nov 2024

Research challenges old ideas on the evolution of brain size

Modern humans, Neanderthals, and other recent relatives on our human family tree evolved bigger brains much more rapidly than earlier species, a new study of human brain evolution has found.

27 Nov 2024

Scientists decode ovarian aging with groundbreaking molecular atlas

Researchers unveil a comprehensive multi-omics atlas of ovarian aging, highlighting coordinated gene expression changes, mTOR signaling, and cellular communication as key to understanding fertility decline.

26 Nov 2024

Study shows cancers are uniformly growing masses

Researchers at the University of Cologne and the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have discovered that cancer grows uniformly throughout its mass, rather than at the outer edges.

26 Nov 2024

How neural and hormonal gut-brain communication shapes metabolism and health

Interoception research reveals how gut-brain communication via neural, hormonal, and microbial pathways regulates metabolism, hunger, and overall health, offering insights for therapeutic innovations.

25 Nov 2024

Research identifies the brain's 'locus coeruleus' as key player in sleep cycles

Researchers at the University of Lausanne have identified a novel role for the brain's 'locus coeruleus' in sleep and its disruptions.

25 Nov 2024

Study reveals how the brain connects social thinking with emotional processing

We've all been there. Moments after leaving a party, your brain is suddenly filled with intrusive thoughts about what others were thinking. "Did they think I talked too much?" "Did my joke offend them?" "Were they having a good time?"

23 Nov 2024

New study challenges the traditional view of gene switches

Some sequences in the genome cause genes to be switched on or off. Until now, each of these gene switches, or so-called enhancers, was thought to have its own place on the DNA.

22 Nov 2024

Barcelona launches world’s first joint program on evolutionary medical genomics

Three research institutions in Barcelona have teamed up to launch the world's first Joint Program on Evolutionary Medical Genomics.

22 Nov 2024

Penn engineers cook up a new way for safer, more effective mRNA therapies

Penn Engineers have cooked up a new way to improve mRNA delivery, developing an optimal "recipe" for ionizable lipids - key ingredients in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the molecules behind the COVID-19 vaccines and other innovative therapies.

22 Nov 2024

Advanced diagnostic kit developed for detecting highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus

The Diagnostics Development Hub (DxD Hub), a national platform hosted by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, in collaboration with the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan, and the A*STAR Bioinformatics Institute (A*STAR BII), has successfully developed Steadfast, an advanced diagnostic kit for detecting the highly pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus (AIV).

22 Nov 2024