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A University of Houston biomedical researcher reports a step forward in diagnosing intestinal diseases, including colorectal cancer, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease using stool proteins. The ultimate goal of this new research is to replace the invasive endoscopy test by finding stool markers that can predict what is happening in the intestine without having to do endoscopy.

A new approach to molecular drug design has yielded a highly promising bladder cancer drug, which resulted in a significant reduction in tumor size when used in clinical trials.

Researchers have discovered a new resting phase of stem cells called "Neural G0" that could help put brain tumors to sleep.

Scientists from Helmholtz Zentrum München revise the current textbook knowledge about gastrulation, the formation of the basic body plan during embryonic development. Their study in mice has implications for cell replacement strategies and cancer research.

A California reptile shop began breeding a leopard gecko called Mr Frosty in 2016 to produce a colony of lemon-yellow lizards. Roughly 80% developed bulbous white skin tumors within the first five years of life. Now, a team of researchers has traced the tumors and coloring to a gene implicated in skin cutaneous melanoma.

Researchers have identified how cancer cells become resistant to hormone or combination therapies in patients with early-stage breast cancer.

Geneticists have found a gene that determines eye color in fruit flies and also plays a role in the uncontrolled proliferation of gut stem cells.

Scientists have developed an antibody conjugate that delivers drugs to bone tumors and inhibits metastasis.

Using computational approaches to analyze existing datasets and pinpoint "cellular signals" released by different cancers, researchers have discovered the origins of seven types of kidney cancer.

Researchers have developed a machine-learning approach that can accurately predict how human breast cancer tumors will evolve.