Image credit © istock.com, selvanegra Cells use small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) to transfer cargo and chemical messengers to neighboring...
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High-grade serous carcinoma cells. Credit: Kathleen Cho, M.D. A new study explains the genetic underpinnings of a rare and aggressive form of...
Macrophages engulf bacteria and turn them into nutrients to fuel themselves. iStock, koto_feja An article published by The Scientist highlights a...
An example of 3D modeling generated by new AI tool. Credit: Yanli Wang In a leap forward for genetic and biomedical research, two scientists at the...
Overview of SAVANA. Credit: Nature Methods (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41592-025-02708-0 Long-read sequencing technologies analyse long, continuous...
A team of researchers led by professors Wybren Jan Buma at the University of Amsterdam and Vasilios Stavros at the University of Warwick (U.K.) have...
Some sequences in the genome cause genes to be switched on or off. Until now, each of these gene switches, or so-called enhancers, was thought to...
Tucked away on the kitchen countertop sits a bubbling, living goop in a jar. Each day, a mixture of flour and water feeds the beige concoction,...
The genome serves as the blueprint for the body, influencing every trait from the shape of the face to the arches of the feet, and even the...
Researchers led by Osaka University in Japan have conducted the first human trial using induced pluripotent stem-cell-derived corneal epithelium to...
Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a novel nanotechnology-based solution for the removal of micro- and...
It’s the first Spring Friday of 2024 and 75 enthusiastic plant biotechnology researchers converge at the Wits professional development hub (pdh) for...