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From many mice, unexpected genius

October 31, 2018

Researchers find that some individual mice are smarter than their fellow rodents, which can provide insights into decision-making.

How a sleeping cancer awakens and metastasizes

September 27, 2018

Chronic inflammation can reawaken dormant cancer cells and spur metastasis. It may be preventable

Progress toward improved Wilson’s disease drug

June 27, 2018

Encouraging early results in a potential new treatment for Wilson's disease.

Researchers discover new type of lung cancer

June 25, 2018

Researchers have discovered a new form of lung cancer.

Organoid profiling personalizes treatments for pancreatic cancer

May 31, 2018

Pancreatic organoids grown from patients' tumors make precision medicine possible

How pancreatic cancer spreads after surgery

May 17, 2018

Researchers have solved a mystery about how pancreatic cancer spreads

Study reveals a way to make prostate cancer cells run out of energy and die

April 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

Unique communication strategy discovered in pathway controlling plant growth

March 22, 2018

Scientists have identified a receptor on plant stem cells that can issue different instructions about how the plant will grow.

The secret to tripling the number of grains in sorghum and perhaps other staple crops

February 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.

More rice, please: 13 rice genomes reveal ways to keep up with ever-growing population

February 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.

Evolving sets of gene regulators explain some of our differences from other primates

January 29, 2018

What makes us different from our primate relatives? Gene regulation is one important evolutionary factor

New method to determine <em>before</em> surgery which prostate tumors pose a lethal threat

New method to determine before surgery which prostate tumors pose a lethal threat

December 1, 2017

The news about prostate cancer can be confusing. It’s the third most common cancer type among Americans.

First cell-type census of mouse brains: surprises about structure, male-female differences

October 5, 2017

A multiyear project in the Brain Initiative, qBrain is already revealing the brain as never before.

Neuron types in the brain are defined by gene activity that shapes their communication patterns

September 21, 2017

Neurons are defined by determining which cells they connect with and how they communicate across synapses

Plant geneticists develop a new application of CRISPR to break yield barriers in crops

September 14, 2017

Mutating regulatory regions varies yield traits the way a dimmer switch controls a light bulb

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