People who carry the APOE2 version of the apolipoprotein E gene are more likely to live to advanced age and are partly protected against Alzheimer's disease, but scientists have struggled to explain why. A new study from ...
May 17, 2026
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A protein best known for driving cancer growth also helps damaged tumor cells survive by repairing their DNA, according to a new study that could influence how some cancers are treated.
May 16, 2026
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Activated immune cells secrete tiny capsules bearing DNA that can enter other immune and tumor cells to stimulate the body's defense systems, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. The discovery ...
Apr 30, 2026
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In a study published in Nature Medicine, researchers from the University of Oxford and the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania have shown that a minimally invasive liquid ...
Mar 19, 2026
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On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he had cut out of cardboard. They represented fragments of a DNA molecule, and young James Watson was trying to figure how they fit together ...
Nov 8, 2025
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The cancer drugs called PARP inhibitors have a puzzling reputation: even though they are treatment mainstays for multiple forms of cancer, they can damage cancer-killing T cells and disrupt the potential for meaningful therapy. ...
Cancer cells mount an instant, energy‑rich response to being physically squeezed, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications. The surge of energy is the first reported instance of a defensive mechanism ...
Jul 30, 2025
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We all like to imagine we're aging well. Now a simple blood or saliva test promises to tell us by measuring our "biological age." And then, as many have done, we can share how "young" we really are on social media, along ...
Jun 25, 2025
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A University of Waterloo professor is part of an international coalition revolutionizing vaccine production with new health care technology. The tech aims to support local vaccine production, cutting the vaccine production ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Scientists believe the lives of much of the world's population could be improved if DNA technology is applied in an integrated way in three areas critical to the tropics.
Dec 2, 2024
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