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A new study has developed a prediction algorithm that works out which genes are essential in cancer cells by analyzing tumor genetic changes, which could guide personalized cancer treatments.

Arteriosclerosis has been found to bear great similarities to autoimmune diseases, suggesting that treatment methods for autoimmune diseases might also be effective in preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases.

According to research, starving cancer cells of arginine could make tumors more vulnerable to the body’s natural immune response.

Clinical trials of a kisspeptin hormone injection have shown promise for treating low sex drive in women and men with hypoactive sexual desire disorder.

Researchers have identified a cellular pathway that keeps Ebola virus from exiting human cells, with implications for developing new antivirals.

The structure of a protein key to the replication of antibiotic-resistance-conferring plasmids has been described in a new study.

The first complete, high-quality reference genome for a genetically improved tilapia strain that grows bigger and quicker with improved resilience has been published, offering the potential to improve food security for billions of people.

Rocks, rain and carbon dioxide help control Earth’s climate over thousands of years — like a thermostat — through a process called weathering. A new study may improve our understanding of how this thermostat responds as temperatures change.

Analysis of an ice core in Greenland has shown that volcano gases have a much larger effect on the level of aerosols in the atmosphere than previously believed.

In a world first, scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School, the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) and colleagues in Germany have shown that regenerative therapy to restore impaired kidney function may soon be a possibility.