Kiwifruit is offering scientists a new view of how a plant’s genome works—not as a linear sequence of DNA, but...

Corticotroph pituitary neuroendocrine tumours, or corticotroph PitNETs, have long presented doctors with a deceptively difficult puzzle. These tumours arise from...

A molecular investigation into a patient’s unexplained thrombocytopenia has uncovered evidence that the interleukin-33 pathway may play a more direct...

Transposable elements, once dismissed as genomic “junk,” are emerging as active regulators of cell identity, stress responses and disease. A...

Genetic risk for autoimmune disease may be hiding in the spaces between genes. A study published in Nature Genetics has...

Antwerp, 4 August 2026 — The genome is often described as a linear sequence of DNA, but inside a living...

A molecular switch that helps blood vessels grow may connect two seemingly separate processes in cancer and tissue biology: the...

Scientists at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have produced one of the most detailed maps yet of immune...

Viruses do not encounter a blank biological landscape when they infect humans. They meet an immune system shaped by thousands...

Parkinson’s disease has long been described as a disorder of dopamine-producing neurons, but a growing body of genetic research is...