From many mice, unexpected genius 10/31/2018 Researchers find that some individual mice are smarter than their fellow rodents, which can provide insights into decision-making. Read the story »
How a sleeping cancer awakens and metastasizes 9/27/2018 Chronic inflammation can reawaken dormant cancer cells and spur metastasis. It may be preventable Read the story »
Progress toward improved Wilson’s disease drug 6/27/2018 Encouraging early results in a potential new treatment for Wilson's disease. Read the story »
Researchers discover new type of lung cancer 6/25/2018 Researchers have discovered a new form of lung cancer. Read the story »
Organoid profiling personalizes treatments for pancreatic cancer 5/31/2018 Pancreatic organoids grown from patients' tumors make precision medicine possible Read the story »
How pancreatic cancer spreads after surgery 5/17/2018 Researchers have solved a mystery about how pancreatic cancer spreads Read the story »
Study reveals a way to make prostate cancer cells run out of energy and die 4/3/2018 In lethal prostate cancer, the gene PTEN is often missing. In such cases, one effective treatment may be to administer drugs that inhibit mitochondria Read the story »
Unique communication strategy discovered in pathway controlling plant growth 3/22/2018 Scientists have identified a receptor on plant stem cells that can issue different instructions about how the plant will grow. Read the story »
The secret to tripling the number of grains in sorghum and perhaps other staple crops 2/26/2018 A simple genetic modification can triple grain production in sorghum, a drought-tolerant plant that is an important source of food and animal feed. Read the story »
More rice, please: 13 rice genomes reveal ways to keep up with ever-growing population 2/1/2018 Rice provides 20% of calories consumed. As the population grows toward 9 billion and the climate shifts, we'll need to grow more rice in more places. Read the story »
Evolving sets of gene regulators explain some of our differences from other primates 1/29/2018 What makes us different from our primate relatives? Gene regulation is one important evolutionary factor Read the story »
New method to determine before surgery which prostate tumors pose a lethal threat 12/1/2017 The news about prostate cancer can be confusing. It’s the third most common cancer type among Americans. Read the story »
First cell-type census of mouse brains: surprises about structure, male-female differences 10/5/2017 A multiyear project in the Brain Initiative, qBrain is already revealing the brain as never before. Read the story »
Neuron types in the brain are defined by gene activity that shapes their communication patterns 9/21/2017 Neurons are defined by determining which cells they connect with and how they communicate across synapses Read the story »
Plant geneticists develop a new application of CRISPR to break yield barriers in crops 9/14/2017 Mutating regulatory regions varies yield traits the way a dimmer switch controls a light bulb Read the story »