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In a new study, researchers have identified why we gain weight as we get older - decreased lipid turnover.

Researchers have described a key component of nerve signaling, where a biological “brake” holds back neurotransmitters until it is disengaged. The finding is an advance in our basic understanding of how brain cells communicate.

A team of researchers has now analyzed 24 genomes of Trichosporonales fungi with a focus on genes that are important for sexual development.

A new study from a group of researchers examined a new method for sampling tumors known as liquid biopsy -- a blood sample from a patient that contains DNA shed from tumors, called circulating tumor DNA, or ctDNA, which can be isolated and analyzed.

When a drug blocks a cancer cell’s main survival pathway, the cell avoids the obstacle by taking different pathways, this tactic is known as "developing resistance". Researchers have now found a way to tackle this.

Using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, a group of scientists have identified key genes that make stomata and enforce proper stomatal patterning.

People living with inflammatory autoimmune disease could benefit from an "immune system reboot", and researchers have isolated specific cells to target.

How is the retina formed? And how do neurons differentiate to become individual components of the visual system? By focusing on the early stages of this complex process, researchers have identified the genetic programmes governing the birth of different types of retinal cells and their capacity to wire to the correct part of the brain, where they transmit visual information.

Researchers at EPFL and the University of Bern have developed a groundbreaking method for studying the electrical signals of cardiac muscle cells. The technology has numerous potential applications in basic and applied research – such as improving the search for mechanisms underlying cardiac arrhythmias.

A future free of malaria, one of the world's oldest and deadliest diseases, can be achieved as early as 2050, according to experts.