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Researchers from Princeton University’s Department of Molecular Biology have identified a small RNA molecule that helps maintain the activity of stem cells in both healthy and cancerous breast tissue.

Lung cancer patients are particularly susceptible to malignant pleural effusion, when fluid collects in the space between the lungs and the chest wall.

An antibody to the cell receptor PD-1 may launch a two-pronged assault on cancer by initiating attacks by both T cells and macrophages, a Stanford study has found.

​Newly revealed disease mechanism points to potential target for treatment.

Researchers studying the root cause of cystic fibrosis have made a major advance in our understanding of silent gene changes with implications for the complexity of cystic fibrosis.

The findings shed light on childhood blindness and help to explain how genes contribute to the development of the eye.

A single process for how a group of molecules called nucleotides were made on the early Earth, before life began, has been suggested by a UCL-led team of researchers.

The team analysed liver samples from 2000 patients with Hepatitis C, using state-of-the-art genetic and functional analysis, to determine the specific IFNL protein responsible for liver fibrosis.

Collaboration to develop translational biomarkers for fibrotic diseases, including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

Database tool provides a new strategy for compiling big data in a human-centric way.