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EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and collaborators have launched a new data resource, called Protein Data Bank in Europe Knowledge Base (PDBe-KB), which gives researchers a more comprehensive view of publicly available protein structure data.

Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center found in a recent study that only three different genetic alterations drive the early development of malignant glioblastomas.

High-dimensional mass cytometry has been used to characterize cells in the tumors of people with bowel cancer, revealing activated regulatory T cells as a defining feature.

A combination of two topical creams already shown to clear precancerous skin lesions from sun-damaged skin also lowers the risk that patients will later develop squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.

The mechanism behind the maintenance of leukemic stem cells in chronic myelogenous leukemia has become clearer, following a study that explored how niche-specific expression of a particular chemokine in a type of bone marrow controls quiesence.

If an antibiotic doesn’t kill all the bacteria that infects a patient, the surviving bugs may be particularly adept at timing their resurgence.

A Duke University researcher has a new explanation for why those endless days of childhood seemed to last so much longer than they do now—physics.

Cells were taken from rib cartilage of a Yucatan miniature pig, grown in a laboratory and implanted as a construct into a separate animal.

People with Alzheimer’s disease using antiepileptic drugs have twice the risk of pneumonia compared to non-users, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.

The creation of new library of mutants of the single-celled photosynthetic green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii enabled a Carnegie- and Princeton University-led team of plant scientists to identify more than 300 genes that are potentially required for photosynthesis.