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New technology has been developed that can detect small fragments of DNA in blood serum, using a portable, smartphone-based microscope.

Scientists have discovered a unique way to target a common virus that affects one in 200 newborn babies in the UK but for which there is only limited treatment available.

Knowledge on how cells communicate is an important key to understanding many biological systems and diseases. A research team has now used a unique combination of methods to map the mechanism behind cellular communication.

The Wyss Institute’s eRapid electrochemical sensor technology now enables sensitive, specific, and multiplexed detection of blood biomarkers at low cost with potential for many clinical applications.

p53 is a natural anticancer protein, sometimes called “guardian of the genome” due to its ability to repair DNA damage or destroy cancer cells. A study exploring the interaction between p53 and the green tea compound epigallocatechin gallate now points to a new therapeutic target.

Humans aren’t the only mammals that form long-term bonds with a single, special mate. But new research suggests the brain circuitry that makes love last in some species may not be the same in others.

A team of researchers analyzed sequences of ACE2 and other human proteins involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection, such as a class of proteins called integrins.

For some 15,000 years, dogs have been our hunting partners, workmates, helpers and companions. Could they also be our next allies in the fight against COVID-19? A new review paper adds to the consensus that trained medical scent dogs can effectively be used for screening individuals who may be infected with the COVID-19 virus.

Scientists have used genome-editing technology to replace a modern gene involved in neurodevelopment with its ancestor that was expressed in Neanderthal/Denisovan populations. The gene has been expressed in brain organoids to study its function. The study findings bring us one step closer to understanding how the modern human brain has evolved.

Chemical bonds within the eye-lens protein gamma-B crystallin hold the protein together and are important for the function of the protein. Contrary to previous assumptions, some of these bonds, called disulphide bridges, are already formed simultaneously with the synthesis of the protein in the cell. This is what scientists have recently discovered.