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A study in 1.4 million women expands knowledge on endometriosis and its biological complexity
Endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory disease that affects approximately one in ten women of reproductive age—around 190 million worldwide—remains poorly understood... Read more -
A gene that keeps intestinal stem cells stable offers insight into how tissues repair themselves
Years before he conducted the research that would earn him a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, Shinya Yamanaka, MD,... Read more -
Predicting genetic risk for type 1 diabetes just got more accurate thanks to machine learning study
In people with type 1 diabetes (T1D), the immune system shuts down the body's ability to make the hormone insulin,... Read more -
Cancer cells can rewrite RNA messages, creating new drug targets in aggressive tumors
Scientists have uncovered an unexpected way cells can generate cancer-driving proteins—by cutting RNA into shorter, functional fragments rather than following... Read more -
Researchers identify how the Dicer enzyme affects infertility and cancer progression
Activation of a specific part of the Dicer enzyme can change its shape in a way that affects its critical... Read more -
Macaques reveal human-like genetic cause of inherited blindness, offering new disease model
An inherited form of blindness directly comparable to a common inherited optic nerve disease in humans has been discovered in... Read more -
A banned chemical still lingers, and its strangest effect may depend on sex, genes and one common vitamin
In two new studies, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have clarified how a long-banned group of chemicals, called... Read more -
Fluorescent quail embryos could help solve serious birth defects in humans
The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to... Read more -
Tapping your genome with AI and quantum computing could deliver on the promise of personalized medicine
Decades after researchers first sequenced the human genome, scientists throughout the world are still working to understand it. Despite diligent... Read more -
Rare bone disease mutation linked to kidney failure pathway, mouse study shows
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have elucidated the molecular pathogenesis of multicentric carpotarsal osteolysis (MCTO), a rare hereditary disorder that... Read more -
Antisense oligonucleotide strategy reverses HNRNPH2-related neurodevelopmental disorder
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have found that they can reverse the effects of HNRNPH2-related neurodevelopmental disorder using... Read more -
Postmenopausal white women with genetic risk regain weight two times faster
In a new study of women in post-menopause, white women with higher genetic risk of obesity regained weight about two... Read more -
Epigenome map reveals how blood sugar-regulating cells change in type 2 diabetes
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have carried out the most detailed mapping to date of the epigenome in the... Read more -
Gene therapy targets untreatable cystic fibrosis mutation affecting about 10% of patients
Cystic fibrosis is among the most common, known and studied genetic diseases. It affects over 100,000 people worldwide and reduces... Read more -
Vitamin D may help prevent diabetes, depending on genes
More than two in five U.S. adults have prediabetes, a condition marked by higher-than-normal blood sugar levels that often leads... Read more
