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Bovine mammary glands, but not respiratory tissues, contain H5N1 virus-binding receptors, explaining the virus’s unusual infection behavior in cows.

This postdoctoral fellow develops three-dimensional human organoid models to capture complex cellular interactions and improve translational drug development.

Whole-exome sequencing revealed variants in a gene that compromise connective tissue integrity and may increase a person’s risk of developing spontaneous CSF leaks.

An editor resigned from a Frontiers journal after an automated AI tool overrode his expert reviewer invitations, claiming the system undermines academic integrity.

Tune Therapeutics’ TUNE-401 treatment, which adds repressive epigenetic marks to the hepatitis B virus, showed strong antiviral activity and safety data in a Phase I clinical trial.

This postdoctoral fellow investigates how long non-coding RNAs regulate mitochondrial behavior in neurodegenerative disease models.

As AI transcends specific research niches to offer a universal data-driven approach, I mourn the simplification of biology’s intricacies. 

Despite its popularity, the science and regulations surrounding microbiome testing are still catching up, highlighting the need for better standards and oversight.

Measuring blood NAD levels revealed no difference across age, diet, or exercise habits, indicating that scientists must rethink blood-based biomarkers of healthy aging.

A brief outage at NCBI, the US government’s biomedical database, exposed the risks of relying on a single repository and renewed calls for a global, decentralized data-sharing network.

This postdoctoral researcher explores molecular mechanisms of drug synergy and resistance in acute myeloid leukemia using patient-derived xenograft models.

An FDA-approved vitamin D receptor agonist may help break the dense matrix surrounding pancreatic cancer tumors safely, offering a potential combination therapy.