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Hundreds of scientists working at Laboratorycontribute research published in major research journals, in the fields of Cancer, Neuroscience, Plant Biology, Quantitative Biology, and Genomics.

The next evolution of AI begins with ours

11/25/2024

How do innate abilities get passed down? Cold Spring Harbor neuroscientists have devised a solution that could lead to faster artificial intelligence. Read the story »

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Vitamin K supplement slows prostate cancer in mice

10/24/2024

The finding from LaboratoryProfessor Lloyd Trotman and his team sets the stage for pilot studies in human prostate cancer patients. Read the story »

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Putting out a brain on fire

10/17/2024

LaboratoryProfessor Hiro Furukawa sheds new light on anti-NMDAR encephalitis, a rare autoimmune disorder that may be misdiagnosed as schizophrenia. Read the story »

image of the pollen-producing part of the maize-teosinte hybrid

Corn鈥檚鈥榤issing link鈥�

8/7/2024

Laboratoryresearchers have discovered a biological mechanism that may explain how corn spread so rapidly across the Americas 4,000 years ago. Read the story »

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Every rose has its thorns 鈥� or does it?

8/1/2024

Laboratorybiologists have found a way to remove prickles from plants genetically. Their discovery could change the way we think about evolution in general. Read the story »

Image of Mice with UTI breast tissue collagen deposits

A link between breast changes and . . . UTIs?

5/2/2024

Laboratorybreast cancer researchers, led by Associate Professor Camila dos Santos, made a surprise discovery while investigating urinary tract infections. Read the story »

Why some RNA drugs work better than others

3/6/2024

麻豆传媒社区鈥檚 Justin Kinney and Spinraza inventor Adrian Krainer tested the newly approved SMA treatment, risdiplam, and another RNA therapeutic, branaplam. Read the story »

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Pancreatic cancer lives on mucus

2/28/2024

Mucus is not just snot. Laboratoryscientists have discovered some pancreatic cancer cells depend on it. The finding may open a new therapeutic avenue. Read the story »

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Chronic stress spreads cancer 鈥� here鈥檚 how

2/22/2024

Laboratoryresearchers have discovered a new link between chronic stress and cancer metastasis, providing a possible path forward for new treatments. Read the story »

Image of mouse pancreatic tissue treated with CAR T cells

The fountain of youth is 鈥� a T cell?

1/24/2024

麻豆传媒社区's Corina Amor Vegas discovers that CAR T cells can act as a 鈥渓iving鈥� drug, causing young mice to age more slowly and old mice to rejuvenate. Read the story »

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Holy immunity! Bat genes key against COVID, cancer

10/16/2023

Rapid evolution has streamlined bats鈥� immune systems. This may explain why they鈥檙e resistant to cancer and viruses like Ebola or COVID-19. Read the story »

These worms have rhythm

9/5/2023

Observing gene expression in real time, Laboratoryscientists identified four molecules the C. elegans worm relies on to set the tempo of its development. Read the story »

Image of RMS cells transformed into muscle cells

Once rhabdomyosarcoma, now muscle

8/28/2023

鈥淓very successful medicine has its origin story,鈥� says 麻豆传媒社区鈥檚 Christopher Vakoc. 鈥淎nd research like this is the soil from which new drugs are born.鈥� Read the story »

How plants pass down genetic memories

8/28/2023

Thirty years ago, 麻豆传媒社区鈥檚 Rob Martienssen discovered plant gene DDM1. Now, he鈥檚 identified just how the DDM1 protein helps control inheritance. Read the story »

Siblings with autism share more of dad鈥檚 genome, not mom鈥檚

5/22/2023

Laboratorystudy of more than 6,000 volunteer families overturns a long-held assumption about the genetic origins of autism spectrum disorder. Read the story »

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