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Two new open-source tools are making fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) faster, more accessible, and better suited to live imaging...

Enhancer sequences in DNA help regulate gene expression. In cancer, these can be rewired to promote expression of oncogenes. Although the human...

Cells use small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) to transfer cargo and chemical messengers to neighboring and distant cells. Ryosuke Kojima, a...

High-grade serous carcinoma cells. A new study explains the genetic underpinnings of a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer and offers a...

Macrophages engulf bacteria and turn them into nutrients to fuel themselves. An article published by The Scientist highlights a recent study in...

An example of 3D modeling generated by new AI tool. In a leap forward for genetic and biomedical research, two scientists at the University of...

Overview of SAVANA. Long-read sequencing technologies analyse long, continuous stretches of DNA. These methods have the potential to improve...

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...

The images show the abdomen of flies in which a specific enhancer region has been modified. Depending on how much and which part of the region is...

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...

Fabrication and transplantation of human iCEPSs. Researchers led by Osaka University in Japan have conducted the first human trial using induced...