The oldest publicly available strain of the cholera-causing bacterial species, Vibrio cholerae, has had its genetic code read for the…
CRISPR-based ‘allelic drive’ allows genetic editing with selective precision and broad implications
Scientists developed a new version of a gene drive that allows the spread of specific, favorable genetic variants, also known…
Kids living near major roads at higher risk of developmental delays
Young children who live close to a major roadway are twice as likely to score lower on tests of communications…
Ovarian cancer patients undertested for mutations that could guide clinical care
Fewer than a quarter of breast cancer patients and a third of ovarian cancer patients diagnosed between 2013 and 2014…
Virtual reality offers benefits for Parkinson’s disease patients
Researchers are reporting early success with a new tool to help people with Parkinson’s disease improve their balance and potentially…
Tweeting their own horn: Author self-promotion on Twitter increases research dissemination
Researchers have presented a new study that aimed to determine the effect of authors’ self-promotion on the social media site,…
Proton therapy shows efficacy, low toxicity in large cohort of children with high-risk neuroblastoma
Researchers analyzed the largest cohort to date of pediatric patients with high-risk neuroblastoma treated with proton radiation therapy (PRT), finding…
Single-cell sequencing reveals landscape of immune cell subtypes in lung cancer tumors
Single-cell sequencing reveals 25 subpopulations of myeloid cells, a poorly understood family of immune cells, in lung cancer tumors. Many…
Cancer-killing combination therapies unveiled with new drug-screening tool
Scientists have designed a large-scale screen that efficiently identifies drugs that are potent cancer-killers when combined, but only weakly effective…
Substituting healthy plant proteins for red meat lowers risk for heart disease
Diets that replaced red meat with healthy plant proteins led to decreases in risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according…