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Researchers integrate scRNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, and histology imaging data to show that spatial cellular architecture predicts glioblastoma prognosis.

Researchers created a model that uses clinical testing data to locate the primary site of cancer cells with no known origin, likely improving survival.

Spatial methods reveal immune cell formations in fat during early obesity.

Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, and Alexei Ekimov were awarded the Nobel Prize for their work on quantum dots, which has applications in electronics and biomedicine.

Anne L’Huillier, Pierre Agostini, and Ferenc Krausz received this year’s Physics award for creating tools for studying the world of electrons, with future applications in medical diagnostics.

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman received this year’s Physiology or Medicine award for their work on RNA biology and mRNA-based vaccines.

Pop music balanced blood sugar levels in mice, thanks to implanted human cells rigged to release insulin using a sound-sensitive bacterial protein.

Brain-like tissue grown in a dish mimics critical periods for development and reveals how it can go wrong.

In the developing zebrafish, a noisy and asynchronous activity jumpstarts the heart’s journey to coordinated beating.

Researchers studying lung cancer cell lines found that chromatin remodeling underlies one type of osimertinib resistance.

Vaginal dysbiosis has long been a taboo subject, but studying and optimizing the vaginal microbiome could be a game changer for women's health.

Researchers unravel the mystery of epithelial to mesenchymal transition in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with co-culture techniques, CRISPR-screening, and RNA sequencing.

This year's Lasker~Koshland Award for Special Achievement was awarded to Piet Borst for his stellar work on cell organelles, trypanosomes, and cancer drug resistance.

John Jumper and Demis Hassabis received this year’s 2023 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for their work on the artificial intelligence system AlphaFold, which changed the landscape of protein biology. 

What underlies the uneven burden of autoimmunity between the sexes has remained a mystery. Now, scientists found clues by turning to a key player on the X chromosome.

Scientists established an epigenetic mouse model for glioma, providing insight into how epigenetics can initiate cancer.

Data from a highly resilient individual guided researchers to new potential therapeutic targets.

Rice University researchers claimed the Ig Nobel Prize for upleveling biorobotics by transforming deceased spiders into robotic grippers.

In the fight between hosts and fungal pathogens, scientists discovered how withholding manganese can cripple Candida albicans.