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Researchers unravel the mystery of epithelial to mesenchymal transition in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with co-culture techniques, CRISPR-screening, and RNA sequencing.

Piet Borst led stellar work on cell organelles, trypanosomes, and cancer drug resistance during the golden age of biology.

John Jumper and Demis Hassabis received this year’s 2023 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for their work on the artificial intelligence system AlphaFold, which changed the landscape of protein biology. 

What underlies the uneven burden of autoimmunity between the sexes has remained a mystery. Now, scientists found clues by turning to a key player on the X chromosome.

Scientists established an epigenetic mouse model for glioma, providing insight into how epigenetics can initiate cancer.

Data from a highly resilient individual guided researchers to new potential therapeutic targets.

Rice University researchers claimed the Ig Nobel Prize for upleveling biorobotics by transforming deceased spiders into robotic grippers.

In the fight between hosts and fungal pathogens, scientists discovered how withholding manganese can cripple Candida albicans.

This year’s Breakthrough Prizes honor advances in CAR T cancer therapies, cystic fibrosis, and Parkinson’s disease.

Researchers took aim at mucins, glycoproteins that protect cancer cells from drugs and the immune response, and engineered a revolutionary targeted tool for oncology and beyond.

A new mouse model shows that the Myc protein has complex effects on aging and cancer.

Researchers connect a tumor’s leading edge transcriptional profile to poor survival outcomes across cancer types.