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Duke engineers use CRISPR to generate neuronal cells from connective tissue.

Study of bee-manipulating plant virus reveals that replicating the scent caused by infection could encourage declining bee populations to pollinate crops.

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, and in the Netherlands have discovered how three fungal diseases have evolved into a lethal threat to the world’s bananas.

Anxiety disorders are the most common type of mental illness in the United States. And while much is understood about the biochemistry of anxiety, little is known about the genetic variation associated with it.

A novel PET radiotracer is able for the first time to reveal epigenetic activity – the process that determines whether or not genes are expressed – within the human brain.

A method for “silencing” RNA that emerged from a University of Wisconsin—Madison spinoff company is in clinical trials in Europe, Asia and the United States against hepatitis B, an infection that can destroy the liver.

International precision medicine study advances understanding of the biology of Metformin.

Companies to develop software for analysis and reporting of single cell data will advance research into cell function, disease progression, and therapeutic response.

University of Hawai'i Cancer Center researchers used "Big Data" to discover potential cancer biomarkers, a panel of six long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs), for the diagnosis of all types of cancers including lung, breast, prostate, liver and ovarian cancers.

The JAMMIT algorithm could help predict which patients will benefit most from chemotherapy.