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DNA extracted from remains of a 14th-century Jewish cemetery has provided insights into the origins of the Ashkenazi Jewish population.

Oregon State University scientists have taken a key step toward better understanding neurodegenerative diseases by using a suite of biophysical techniques to learn more about a motor protein whose malfunction is associated with many disorders.

In this Ask the Researcher, we spoke with Professor David Tarlinton to learn more about long-lived plasma cells; how they are made and how they are stored.

If you gain weight, the fat cells in the body get bigger. So in the extremely obese, those fat cells are greatly enlarged. Researchers have now shown how enlarged fat cells can cause metabolic diseases.

A new study from UC Santa Cruz has pointed toward a proposed mechanism for the formation of introns in the genomes of prokaryotes.

Hollow spheres made of MYC proteins open new doors in cancer research.

The new system can increase reproducibility in cerebral organoid research and shows promise for lowering levels of cellular stress.

Researchers studying how cancer cells divide have revealed potential new viable therapeutic targets for cancer treatment.

Scientists have pinpointed rogue immune cells as a major contributor to autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and aplastic anaemia.

Researchers have uncovered the genetic basis for sexual differentiation in the Amami spiny rat, one of the species the lacks a Y chromosome and the Sry gene.