The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

New research (the Ver-A-T1D trial) presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes ...

A research team led by Prof. Wang Yi and Wei Haiming from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in ...

In the search for answers about Alzheimer’s disease, researchers are taking a close look at the immune system of the brain. A ...

Alcohol damages the liver by disrupting RNA splicing, leaving cells stuck between functional and regenerative states.

Cell biology researchers at the Department of Biology at the University of Copenhagen have made a discovery about two ciliary ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

In preclinical models, rat insulinoma‑derived beta‑cell line INS‑1 (INS‑1) cells and mouse islets showed rapid, robust ...

Telomere damage drives T cell exhaustion. Antioxidants restored their cancer-fighting strength in mice. Tumor environments place heavy stress on immune cells that fight cancer. Limited oxygen, ...

The disease-modifying pill could, used early enough, allow people with type 1 diabetes to be significantly less dependent on insulin treatment.