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The ability for humans to digest milk as adults has altered our dietary habits and societies for centuries. But when and how that ability - known as lactase persistence or lactose tolerance - occurred and became established is up for debate.

Retinitis pigmentosa is the most prevalent form of congenital blindness. Using a retinitis pigmentosa mouse model, LMU researchers have now shown that targeted activation of genes of similar function can compensate for the primary defect.

A new algorithmic approach reveals individual tumors continue to evolve and remodel their genomes, and this occurs across a broad range of tumor types. Identifying changes that benefit tumors and help them metastasize could help with future treatments.

Scientists have studied how cancer cells are able to divide in crowded tumor tissue and have linked this to the hallmark of cancer progression and metastasis – the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).

Stanford engineers have genetically reprogrammed the cellular machinery of yeast to create microscopic factories that convert sugars and amino acids into plant-based drugs.

Memory cells remember previously encountered pathogens and help the body to react quickly and strongly when exposed to them again. However, the developmental process of strong immune cells that make these memory cells in advance without having to encounter the pathogens has now been discovered.

Scientists studying life on the surface of glaciers in the Arctic and Alps have shown that, contrary to expectations, the viruses on glaciers in the Alps, Greenland and Spitsbergen are remarkably stable in the environment, challenging assumptions on virus evolution.

A new body of work by scientists at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The University of Western Australia demonstrates that honeybee venom induces cancer cell death in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and HER-2 enriched breast cancer cells.

Researchers have reported on the remarkably robust immune response of olfactory sensory neurons, revealing a successful strategy against influenza infection.

Researchers have added to evidence that a gene responsible for turning off a cell’s natural “suicide” signals may also be the culprit in making breast cancer and melanoma cells resistant to some immunotherapies.