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Researchers at the RIKEN Omics Science Center have developed an experimental technique for producing cells with specific functions through the artificial... Read More »

Cancer is usually attributed to faulty genes, but growing evidence from the field of cancer epigenetics indicates a key role for the gene "silencing"... Read More »

Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre have discovered a gene that can simultaneously protect against cancer and favor its growth. The team... Read More »

A recent study publish in Cell has shown that to restore normal function to the mutant gene product that causes Cystic Fibrosis (CF), it is necessary to correct... Read More »

As scientists continue making breakthroughs in personalized cancer treatment, delivering those therapies in the most cost effective manner has become increasingly... Read More »

Here’s your weekly collection of medical news making waves this week. Robotic surgery: Improving patient outcomes and opening the door for telesurgery... Read More »

Taking a sample from just one part of a tumor may not give a full picture of its ‘genetic landscape’, according to a landmark study published in the New... Read More »

Researchers reporting in the March issue of Cell Metabolism have found that when healthy but inactive men and women exercise for a matter of minutes, it produces a... Read More »

The Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is working on creating complex nanostructures by taking... Read More »

Agilent Technologies today introduced Agilent SureFISH probes, their next generation of fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) assays, delivering a comprehensive... Read More »

New DNA-reading technology could be used in the diagnosis of muscle-wasting diseases such as muscular dystrophy. The DNA sequencing machine would allow for a more... Read More »

Researchers have identified the gene responsible for adult-onset primary cervical dystonia. Cervical dystonia causes an involuntary twisting of the neck. When a... Read More »

As we age, our bodies wear out -- our joints deteriorate, our hair thins, our hearing and vision become increasingly weaker. Some of these effects result from... Read More »

BGI, the world’s largest genomics organization, has developed a new single-cell genome sequencing technology. In two papers, published today in the same issue... Read More »

Yale researchers have discovered why a certain type of blood cell gets so big. This finding also gives clues as to how leukemia can occur when the process goes wrong. ... Read More »

Recently, long-held assumptions about the function of sperm have been challenged as different components of sperm cells have been implicated in fertilization. Now... Read More »

Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered how sulforaphane compounds provide not just one, but two ways to prevent cancer through the complex mechanism... Read More »

Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a method of delivering ribonucleic acid (RNA) in a treatment process based on naturally-occurring... Read More »

While RNA is an appealing drug target, small molecules that can actually affect its function have rarely been found. But now scientists from the Florida campus of The ... Read More »

When first exposed to cocaine, the adolescent brain launches a strong defensive reaction designed to minimize the drug’s effects. Now two new studies by a Yale... Read More »