Researchers led by Yasuhiro Murakawa at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) and Kyoto University in Japan and… Read More »Scientists discover new T cells and genes linked to immune disorders
Scientists have prototyped a new method to “rationally engineer” enzymes to deliver improved performance. They have devised an algorithm, which… Read More »Scientists design algorithm to design improved enzymes
The innate immune system is responsible for protecting the human body from threats that could cause disease or infection. The… Read More »Scientists solve decades-old mystery of NLRC5 sensor’s role in cell death
Scientists at VTC’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute who study ultra-processed foods have created a new tool to evaluate the rewarding… Read More »Scientists develop visual tool to help people group foods according to their processing levels
A consortium of researchers has produced the largest and most advanced multidimensional maps of gene regulatory networks in the brains… Read More »Scientists map networks that regulate gene function in the human brain
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Two brothers who have the only known mutations in a key gene anywhere in the world have helped scientists gain… Read More »Siblings with a unique genetic change help scientists advance the search for drugs for type 1 diabetes
A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has uncovered new findings that may help explain the connection… Read More »Scientists discover missing link between poor diet and increased cancer risk
Duke-NUS Medical School scientists have discovered why some pancreatic and colorectal cancers[1] do not respond to Wnt inhibitors, a promising… Read More »Scientists discover key resistance mechanism to Wnt inhibitors in pancreatic and colorectal cancers
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have successfully grown “mini-kidneys” in the laboratory and grafted them into live… Read More »Scientists grow ‘mini-kidneys’, revealing new insights into metabolic defects and potential therapy for polycystic kidney disease