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Herpetology meets hepatology as scientists develop new tools for exploring how turtles survive freezing, oxygen-poor environments.

A neural pathway driving panic-like behaviors in mice points to new therapeutic targets.

Gut viruses influence behavioral responses in mice and may be important players in the gut-brain axis.

A gene mutation causes porous gut and retinal barriers, allowing bacteria to travel from one to the other, triggering retinal degeneration in mice.

Biochemist Sharon Stack hopes to advance the field of ovarian cancer by exploring the tumor and host-related factors that influence its metastatic process. 

An immune-inhibiting protein that regulates autophagy halts breast cancers from venturing across tissue borders.

Scientists devised a synthetic protein-based motor fueled by biological reactions to cut through a peptide lawn.

Staphylococcus aureus vaccine efficacy depends on the immune imprints from past exposures to the microbe.

Researchers bolster antitumor immune defenses using cancer vaccines made from DNA origami.

A minimally invasive strategy for creating fetal organoids could facilitate precision medicine in the womb.

A new prime editing sensor library targeting p53 mutations allowed scientists to interrogate thousands of tumor genotypes as they arose in endogenous contexts.

CRISPR-carrying lipid nanoparticles enabled researchers to correct a rare nonsense mutation in the lungs of a cystic fibrosis mouse model.