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Scientists at The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) and The John Innes Centre have developed a free online tool that will help a global community of scientists understand more about important food crops.

Researchers have studied the genetic diversity of cassava, highlighting strategies to improve breeding programmes.

Researchers have established a “human” quality sequence of the Atlantic salmon genome that is now available online.

UCSF researchers have discovered that the chances of survival for patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) — the most common type of pancreatic cancer — may depend in part on how tense their tumors are.

A UCL research team have discovered that cutting off a sleep-switch on immune cells inside a tumour wakes up the cells and enables the immune system to hunt down and destroy cancer.

Scientists have identified a unique memory suppressor gene in the brain cells of Drosophila, the common fruit fly, a widely recognized substitute for human memory studies.

Collaboration aims to establish strong research and learning foundations for Chinese medicine at the local and regional levels.

Quest Diagnostics has announced that it has expanded its chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) test services to include new capabilities to help physicians identify or predict resistance to several HCV therapies.

Cancer cells use a mutant gene to coerce neighbouring healthy tissue into helping with the disease’s growth and spread, a major new study reports.

Study traces how a largely unfamiliar pathogen led to a global epidemic.