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A unique, quick-closing valve in an aquaporin – a water-regulating channel protein – has been identified in a species of fish, enabling it to rapidly adapt to new environments.

Molecular profiles of the extracellular matrix around non-small cell lung cancers can identify which tumors may become aggressive and require more targeted treatment.

Researchers used a yeast-based synthetic biology platform to elucidate the last remaining enzymatic steps involved in tropane alkaloid formation in Erythroxylum coca.

Researchers have shown that the molecular motion of many “undruggable” proteins can expose sites at which drugs could bind.

New research from the University of Basel has unpicked the metabolic changes that convert a healthy liver cell to a tumor cell, identifying a cancer "signature" that could be used as a biomarker.

Researchers have identified a dramatic recent rise in cervical cancer incidence among women in their early 30s, with a 3% per year increase in incidence for this age group since 2012.

More than 7,000 languages ​​are spoken around the world and passed down from one generation to the next - much like biological traits. But did language and genes evolve in parallel over the millennia, as Charles Darwin originally suspected?

A University of Pennsylvania–led team coaxed stem cells to take on the characteristics and functions of a human adrenal gland, progress that could lead to new therapies for adrenal insufficiencies.

Intestinal bacteria composition is crucial to driving the recovery of neutrophil counts in the blood of mice following treatments such as stem cell transplants or chemotherapy.

Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have demonstrated that paralyzed individuals can operate mind-controlled wheelchairs in a training experiment. The study is published in iScience.