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A new study indicates that the scar-like cells that make up a considerable portion of malignant pancreatic tumors and shield diseased cancers from immune attack are derived from mesothelial cells that line tissues and organs.

The molecules of life, DNA, replicate with astounding precision, yet this process is not immune to mistakes and can lead to mutations. Using sophisticated computer modelling, a team of physicists and chemists at the University of Surrey have shown that such errors in copying can arise due to the strange rules of the quantum world.

A lineage-tracing approach has been applied to cancer cells to observe how and when important cancer cell traits evolved.

Spatially resolved transcriptomics studies have been used to examine the cellular dynamics of organisms during development, enabling the design of spatial atlases of life.

Scientists have discovered a "master gene" that programs ear hair cells to be either inner or outer cells, progressing research into recovering hearing loss.

A new study has predicted that replacing 20% of beef with "microbial protein" – a market-ready meat substitute – could reduce annual deforestation and carbon dioxide emissions by half.

Scientists have dug into the cephalopod genome to understand how these unusual animals came to be. Along the way, they discovered cephalopod genomes are as weird as the animals are.

Dormant herpesviruses induce their reactivation via a previously unknown cellular mechanism mediated by a viral microRNA, a new study has shown.

A team has mapped the altered protein–protein interactions resulting from mutations in cancer-associated genes, leading to a greater understanding of how cancer progresses and revealing new drug targets.

The protein CDC7, long thought to play a vital role at the beginning of cell division, could be replaced by another protein (CDK1), according to a new study published in Nature.