Human Biology News
June 3, 2025
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June 2, 2025 — A new way of thinking about Alzheimer's disease has yielded a discovery that could be the key to stopping the cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases, including ALS and ...
May 29, 2025 — SAVANA uses a machine learning algorithm to identify cancer-specific structural variations and copy number aberrations in long-read DNA sequencing data. The complex structure of cancer genomes means that standard analysis tools give false-positive ...
May 29, 2025 — Researchers have identified a monoacylglycerol acyltransferase-coding gene named bishu-1. It is involved in the thermal responsiveness of cool temperature-sensing neurons by regulating ionotropic ...
May 28, 2025 — Researchers have identify a set of biomarkers that could someday make it easy to spot the disease in a patient's blood ...
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May 29, 2025 — Cohesin is a protein that forms a ring-shaped complex which wraps and alters the DNA molecule shape. It moves through the DNA and creates specific loops in the genetic material which determine the ...
May 28, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that the combination of the two cancer drugs Rapamycin and Trametinib significantly extends the lifespan of mice. This therapy shows greater effects than the individual ...
May 28, 2025 — Parasitic worms that infect humans are not interbreeding with those that infect cattle as previously thought. This is good news for when it comes to controlling schistosomiasis, a disease caused by ...
May 28, 2025 — The protein DNase1 is one of the oldest biological agents in history: It has been on the market since 1958 and is now used, among other things, to treat cystic fibrosis. However, it takes ...
May 28, 2025 — Researchers have developed a way to edit the genetic sequences at the root of Huntington's disease and Friedreich's ataxia. If longer than a certain threshold length, these sequences grow in length ...
May 27, 2025 — Mutations accumulated in mitochondrial DNA associated with aging were earlier believed to cause aging by decreasing the energy-producing function ...
May 29, 2025 — New techniques used to analyze soft tissue in dinosaur fossils may hold the key to new cancer discoveries. Researchers have analyzed dinosaur fossils using advanced paleoproteomic techniques, a ...
May 29, 2025 — Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on the American continent. Scientists reveal that a recently identified second ...
May 29, 2025 — Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of ...
May 28, 2025 — In a major leap forward for genetic and biomedical research, scientists have developed a powerful new artificial intelligence tool that can predict the 3D shape of chromosomes inside individual cells ...
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May 27, 2025 — A new study suggests that boys who become overweight in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of developing asthma, obesity and low lung ...
May 27, 2025 — A new study suggests how APOE2 is protective while APOE4 increases disease risk by regulating the brain's immune ...
May 22, 2025 — Scientists have developed new tools to improve gene therapy in advanced stages of inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) such as retinitis pigmentosa and Leber congenital ...
May 22, 2025 — For gene therapy to work well, therapeutic molecules need to be efficiently delivered to the correct locations in the body -- a job commonly given to adeno-associated viruses (AAV). To improve the ...
May 22, 2025 — The bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB) may have an 'on-off switch' that lets them pause and restart growth, according to a new study. The research helps explain why TB is so hard to ...
May 22, 2025 — Researchers uncover a notorious cholera strain that contains sophisticated immune systems to fend off viruses, which potentially helped it to fuel a devastating epidemic across Latin ...
May 22, 2025 — When the workload on the heart increases, the ventricular wall may thicken too, known as cardiac hypertrophy. This is an adaptive response that reduces pressure on the heart and maintains the ...
May 21, 2025 — An artificial intelligence technique for detecting DNA fragments shed by tumors and circulating in a patient's blood could help clinicians more quickly identify and determine if pancreatic ...
May 21, 2025 — Bats are known as natural hosts for highly pathogenic viruses such as MERS- and SARS-related coronaviruses, as well as the Marburg and Nipah viruses. In contrast to the severe and often fatal disease ...
May 21, 2025 — Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...
May 21, 2025 — A study explains how age reshapes the blood system. In both humans and mice, a few stem cells out-compete their neighbors and gradually take over blood production. The loss of diversity results in a ...
May 21, 2025 — Research teams have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord with exceptional accuracy. These delivery systems ...
May 21, 2025 — Cancer cells respond to stress with greater diversity. Drugs that affect DNA replication, or radiation that causes direct DNA damage, lead to increasingly diverse offspring over multiple cell ...
May 20, 2025 — Scientists and medics have developed an ultra-rapid method of genetically diagnosing brain tumors that will cut the time it takes to classify them from 6-8 weeks, to as little as two hours.The team ...
May 20, 2025 — Using the gene scissors CRISPR and stem cells, researchers have managed to identify a common denominator for different gene mutations that all cause the neurological disease ALS. The research shows ...
May 20, 2025 — A study has used advanced genetic and genomic techniques to offer a major step forward in understanding and diagnosing infectious intestinal diseases. The large-scale study analyzed more than 1,000 ...
May 19, 2025 — Researchers have published the first description of the role of the ZFP36 family of RNA binding proteins in regulatory T cells (Tregs). Tregs are key to maintaining balance in the immune system and ...
May 16, 2025 — A new study reveals that a single gene plays a big role in how the liver stores energy, a process that's critical for overall health and for managing diseases like type 2 diabetes. The research ...
May 16, 2025 — Researchers have discovered how a parasite that causes malaria when transmitted through a mosquito bite can hide from the body's immune system, sometimes for years. It turns out that the ...
May 15, 2025 — A new gene editor may soon open the door to gene therapies for a wider array of ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- Boys Who Are Overweight in Their Early Teens Risk Passing on Harmful Epigenetic Traits to Future Children
- Different Versions of APOE Protein Have Varying Effect on Microglia in Alzheimer's Disease
Thursday, May 22, 2025
- New Tools to Treat Retinal Degenerations at Advanced Stages of Disease
- Researchers Develop Gene Therapy That Can Target Airway and Lungs Via Nasal Spray
- Study Discovers DNA Switch That Controls TB Growth, and Could Help Unlock Its Antibiotic Resistance Secrets
- How Cholera Bacteria Outsmart Viruses
- New Factor Linked to Heart Failure
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- 'Fast-Fail' AI Blood Test Could Steer Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Away from Ineffective Therapies
- Unlocking the Secrets of Bat Immunity
- This Gene Variant Contributed to the Dietary and Physiological Evolution of Modern Humans
- 'Barcodes' Written Into Our DNA Reveal How Blood Ages
- Scientists Design Gene Delivery Systems for Cells in the Brain and Spinal Cord
- Live View: Stress-Induced Changes in Generations of Cancer Cells
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- New Genetic Test Can Diagnose Brain Tumors in as Little as Two Hours
- New Research on ALS Opens Up for Early Treatment
- Advanced Genomics Study Improves Detection of Hard-to-Find Diarrheal Infections
Monday, May 19, 2025
Friday, May 16, 2025
- Scientists Discover Key Gene Impacts Liver Energy Storage, Affecting Metabolic Disease Risk
- Novel Molecular Maneuver Helps Malaria Parasite Dodge the Immune System
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- New Gene Editor Enables Greater Precision
- Asians Made Humanity's Longest Prehistoric Migration and Shaped the Genetic Landscape in the Americas
- Enzyme Identified as an Important Tumor Inhibitor in T-Cell Lymphomas
- Protein Switch Turns Anti-Viral Immune Response on and Off
- Marfan Syndrome Increases Risk of Brain Alterations
- South African Study Identifies Two New Breast Cancer Genes in Black Women
- How Rearranged Genes Drive Kidney Cancer Progression
- Infant With Rare, Incurable Disease Is First to Successfully Receive Personalized Gene Therapy Treatment
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Marsupial Research Reveals How Mammalian Embryos Form
- A Step Forward in Treating Serious Genetic Disorders Prenatally
- New Study Offers Insights Into Designing Safe, Effective Nasal Vaccines
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Monday, May 12, 2025
Friday, May 9, 2025
- A More Realistic Look at DNA in Action
- Researchers Map 7,000-Year-Old Genetic Mutation That Protects Against HIV
- New Gene Linked to Severe Cases of Fanconi Anemia
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Accelerating Drug Discovery With a Single Carbon Atom
- Research Advances on 'displacing' Antibiotic Resistance Gene from Bacteria
Monday, May 5, 2025
- Urban Rats Spread Deadly Bacteria as They Migrate, Study Finds
- Harnessing Generative AI to Expand the Mitochondrial Targeting Toolkit
Friday, May 2, 2025
- How Cellular Quality Control Contributes to Insulin Resistance Related to Type 2 Diabetes
- Process Driving Evolution and Major Diseases
- Scientists Engineer Precision Tool for Mitochondrial DNA Manipulation
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- New Technology Facilitates Delivery of Advanced Medicines
- Bacterial Villain Behind Lake Erie's 'potent Toxin' Unveiled
- 'Explainable' AI Cracks Secret Language of Sticky Proteins
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Natural Killer Cells Remember and Effectively Target Ovarian Cancer
- Gene Circuits Enable More Precise Control of Gene Therapy
- Influenza Virus Hacks Cell's Internal System
Friday, April 25, 2025
- Are 'zombie' Skin Cells Harmful or Helpful? The Answer May Be in Their Shapes
- New Way to Prevent Duodenal Cancer
- Structure Dictates Effectiveness, Safety in Nanomedicine
- AI Helps Unravel a Cause of Alzheimer's Disease and Identify a Therapeutic Candidate
- Chimpanzee Stem Cells Offer New Insights Into Early Embryonic Development
- In Down Syndrome Mice, 40Hz Light and Sound Improve Cognition, Neurogenesis, Connectivity
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Blocking a Surprising Master Regulator of Immunity Eradicates Liver Tumors in Mice
- Malfunctions in Mitochondria Influence Skeletal Aging
- Prostate Cancer Discovery Opens Door to More Tailored Treatments
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Clinical Trials to Test Vaccine Against Alzheimer's-Promoting Tau Protein
- Childhood Exposure to Bacterial Toxin May Be Triggering Colorectal Cancer Epidemic Among the Young
- Parts of Our DNA May Evolve Much Faster Than Previously Thought
- How DNA Self-Organizes in the Early Embryo
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- DNA Origami Guides New Possibilities in the Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer
- Researchers Use Machine Learning to Engineer 'bespoke Enzymes' For Gene Editing
- Shining a Light on DNA: A Rapid, Ultra-Sensitive, PCR-Free Detection Method
- Three-Dimensional Gene Hubs May Promote Brain Cancer
- Evidence of Potential Bed Bug Insecticide Resistance in Gene Mutation
Monday, April 21, 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025
- Throwing a 'spanner in the Works' Of Our Cells' Machinery Could Help Fight Cancer, Fatty Liver Disease... and Hair Loss
- Integrative Approach Reveals Promising Candidates for Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factors or Targets for Therapeutic Intervention
- Key Enzyme in Lipid Metabolism Linked to Immune System Aging
Thursday, April 17, 2025
- Deep Learning Algorithm Used to Pinpoint Potential Disease-Causing Variants in Non-Coding Regions of the Human Genome
- New Study Reveals How Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Can Arise
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Discovery of FOXR2 Activation in Various Brain Tumors Refines Diagnosis to Improve Care
- Researchers Report Association Between Urinary Incontinence, Cardiovascular Disease
- Our DNA Is at Risk of Hacking, Warn Scientists
- Civil Engineering Team Develops Innovative Solution for Tracking Antibiotic Resistance Genes
- Towards Gene-Targeting Drugs Capable of Targeting Brain Diseases
- New Human 'multi-Zonal' Liver Organoids Improve Injury Survival in Rodents
- Reprogramming Cancer Cells to Treat an Aggressive Type of Leukemia
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- Gene-Based Blood Test for Melanoma May Catch Early Signs of Cancer's Return
- Common Genetic Variants Linked to Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
- Key to the High Aggressiveness of Pancreatic Cancer Identified
- Phages: Molecular-Scale Components of Head, Tail Tube, Tail Tip
Monday, April 14, 2025
- Light Bulb Moment for Understanding DNA Repair Switches
- New Tool for Cutting DNA: Promising Prospects for Biotechnology
- Recently Discovered Immune Cell Type Is Key to Understanding Food Allergies
Friday, April 11, 2025
- Candidate Deafness Genes Revealed in New Study
- New Strategy May Enable Cancer Monitoring from Blood Tests Alone
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Scientists Develop Process Using Molecules in the Cell to Identify Environmental Signals
- Genes in Bacterial Genomes Are Arranged in a Meaningful Order
- Better Tools When Searching for Genetic Causes of Asthma
- Guinea Pigs: Promising Animal Model to Study the Human Embryo
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Certain Nasal Bacteria May Boost the Risk for COVID-19 Infection, Study Finds
- Rapid Growth of Blood Cancer Driven by a Single Genetic 'hit'
- Further Translation of the Language of the Genome
- Protein Necessary for Fruit Fly Fertility
- Discovery Reveals Protein Involved in Parkinson's Disease Also Drives Skin Cancer
- Treatment for Mitochondrial Diseases Within Reach