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A study describes a new strategy for tackling cancer, based on inducing potent stress in tumors, causing cell destruction by autophagy. The mechanism has been investigated using a novel antitumor drug "ABTL0812".

A new study from the University of Georgia has shown that exposure to a now-banned flame retardant can alter the genetic code in sperm, leading to major health defects in children of exposed parents.

An experimental study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania links a specific procedure - embryo culture - that is part of the assisted reproduction process (ART) to placental abnormalities, risk for preeclampsia, and abnormal fetal growth.

Researchers at the TU Dresden Center for Regenerative Therapies have demonstrated the essential role of the SETDB1 protein involved in heterochromatin formation during intestinal epithelial cell differentiation and its importance in preventing inflammation.

23andMe are in the process of conducting a large-scale genetic study to explore whether genetics are implicated in susceptibility to and severity of COVID-19. The company has shared its preliminary results.

By developing a lab-engineered model of the human blood-brain barrier, neuroscientists have discovered how the most common Alzheimer's disease risk gene causes amyloid protein plaques to disrupt the brain's vasculature.

A recent innovation has enabled mass production of standardized organoids, paving the way for industrial use.

A new method for engineering living materials called "MeniFluidics", made by researchers at the University of Warwick could see a transformation in tissue engineering and bio-art, as well as new ways to research cellular interactions.

An international team has developed a prototype tool based on three-dimensional (3D) facial imaging that could make it easier for clinicians to diagnose genetic syndromes.

For the first time, scientists have been able to identify the genetic and molecular basis of this susceptibility to infection as well as to the possibility of contracting a more severe form of the disease.