Rapid advances in sequencing technologies have transformed our ability to diagnose human genetic disorders, yet many patients still lack a molecular ...

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Let’s talk about Katalin Karikó. You’ve probably never heard of her, but there’s a fair chance that you or someone you love ...

Researchers uncover a cunning new trick by which breast cancer cells evade immune attack. While the cGAS-STING pathway normally detects cytosolic DNA and activates anti-tumor immunity via ...

A father’s exposure to microplastics can alter sperm RNA in ways that increase metabolic disease risk in his daughters.

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In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first ...

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When scientists finally cracked open the capsule from asteroid Bennu, they expected carbon, water-bearing minerals, and maybe ...

Lurking in the vast expanse of the ocean and buried deep in the Siberian permafrost, there are giants—not blue whales and ...