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Noncoding RNAs and microproteins, once considered genomic noise, are turning out to be critical to the progression of some types of cancer.

The University of Chicago cell biologist is studying how the nutrients available to cancers influence their growth. 

Public bathing, ubiquitous around the world and through the ages, plays an often-unappreciated role in public health.

Transposons may be key players in how tumors develop and spread, but they also keep cancer at bay in some circumstances.

Scientists engineered human pluripotent stem cells with synthetic gene circuits to control differentiation without human input.

Researchers engineer a protease-mediated post-translational path faster than gene switches for processes that need to happen quickly, such as insulin release.

Metagenomic sequencing can help detect unknown pathogens, but its widespread use faces challenges.

The antidepressant properties of hallucinogenic drugs may stem from their ability to bind to intracellular serotonin receptors, a study suggests.

Researchers dissect the Neanderthal-derived region on chromosome 3 that drives severe COVID-19 to zero in on the key causal variants.

Synthetic variations of squalene, which is used to boost immune responses, could make vaccines more effective while reducing fisheries for struggling sharks.

Males recovered from mild COVID-19 have baseline immune states primed to mount stronger responses to future challenges.

Levels of health-promoting gut bacteria are linked with severity of fatigue symptoms, a study finds.