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A Decade Long Effort Just Doubled the Public Supply of Laboratory Cancer Models Researchers Can Actually Use

The NCI's Human Cancer Models Initiative released 665 patient-derived models from 2,780 donors. What the models are and why the supply matters.

Medical Daily · Aug 7

Hunting the tardigrade: one small step in sequencing DNA of all life on Earth

As this year’s invertebrate of the year competition launches, we join scientists studying last year’s winner

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4

In a first, scientists translated an entire viral genome so a quantum computer could read and analyze it

Scientists have uploaded a viral genome to a quantum computer, marking an important step for the future of quantum-enabled advancements in biology.

LiveScience · Jun 10

Cheek swabs to detect mutated genes ‘could become useful cancer prevention tool’

Researchers analysed swabs from 1,042 people, as well as 371 blood samples.

Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2025

Experts make new mosquito discovery that could eliminate malaria

Scientists have discovered new genetic clues to how a type of mosquito is evolving over time to survive

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2025

Genetic clues to how malaria-carrying mosquitoes evade control identified

An. funestus is one of the most widespread mosquito species in Africa, with the females attracted to humans as a source of blood.

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2025

Study pinpoints reason why transplanted kidneys can be rejected, scientists say

Experts used new imaging techniques to look at the organ’s ‘plumbing system’ to understand what these vessels do during transplantation.

Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2025

New DNA database could unlock secrets behind childhood disease

Experts have sequenced the genes of tens of thousands of Britons taking part in long-term studies

Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025

Tackling specific E.coli strains could cut cancer risk, scientists suggest

Vaccines or therapeutic probiotics were among the suggestions from scientists who tracked the strains, which produce a DNA-damaging chemical.

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2024

Researchers hit ‘major milestone’ in mapping cells of the human body

Experts have profiled more than 100 million cells from more than 10,000 people across the world.

Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2024