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Researchers have figured out how a specific metabolite controls the activity of DNA repair and how sensitive tissues are to cancer treatment.

A new study has shown that Gulf War Illness reduces the energy produced by white blood cells, creating a measurable biochemical difference in veterans with the disease.

Lab-grown algal symbionts designed to be heat-tolerant could enhance heat resistance in corals, helping them resist and recover faster from bleaching.

A hardware accelerator designed for AI has also been shown to speed up the alignment of protein and DNA for genome assembly, making the process 10 times faster than current methods.

Most cancers become deadly by keeping a low profile, causing no symptoms until they’re too advanced to treat. Researchers have developed a highly sensitive blood test that can detect a key protein produced by cancer cells.

Participants in the research were between 7-10% less likely to purchase meat products if they came with bold warning labels, similar to the kind used in cigarette packaging.

In the late 1970s, the relationship between the c-Src gene and cancer was discovered. Since then, c-Src has been found to be overactivated in half of colon, liver, lung, breast, prostate and pancreatic tumors, but its function is not yet understood.

A fingerprick blood test that identifies a transcriptomic signature could offer an easy, quick way to diagnose TB in children, which is among the top 10 causes of child death.

Sunflowers famously turn their faces to follow the sun as it crosses the sky. But how do sunflowers “see” the sun to follow it? New work shows that they use a different, novel mechanism from that previously thought.

A pioneering study unveiled that the 3D organization of DNA can influence the progression of the aggressive brain tumour known as glioblastoma. Having identified the factors that glioblastoma uses to respond to neurons by growing and spreading.