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A team of geneticists has discovered new biological targets that may help devise alternative cancer therapies that are becoming resistant to existing drugs.

a molecule that plays a pivotal role in determining the fate of cells under stress, much like a Roman emperor deciding the fate of gladiators in the coliseum. The findings appear today in the journal Nature and suggest a possible new approach for treatment of autoinflammatory and other diseases.

Researchers have developed a mathematical model that shows how bias distorts results when measuring bacterial communities through metagenomic sequencing, the first step toward developing calibration methods that could make metagenomic measurements more accurate.

A team of NUS researchers has developed a novel technology that could sensitively and accurately detect and classify cancer cells, as well as determine the disease aggressiveness from the least invasive biopsies.

The TERT gene is the third most commonly mutated gene in cancer. Now a study by Nobel Laureate, Thomas Cech, offers an intriguing new way to target TERT over-activation.

Here's a discovery well worth toasting: A research team led by Professor Brandon Gaut with the University of California, Irvine and Professor Dario Cantu with the University of California, Davis has deciphered the genome of the Chardonnay grape.

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.