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DNA sequencing can identify mutations that predict recurrence of renal cell carcinoma and may help low-risk patients avoid unnecessary treatment, a study finds.

New techniques to quantify what lived in and on preserved animals throw light on how parasite abundance has changed over time.

A therapy for type 1 diabetes is the first to treat patients before symptoms appear, paving the way toward preventing this and other autoimmune diseases.

A metabolic pathway used for tail regrowth may be critical for tissue regeneration in some cells, a study suggests. 

Recording the pH within decaying organs for the first time, researchers come closer to understanding why some soft tissues are more likely to be preserved as fossils than others.

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.