An open-source software can help align artificial intelligence applications in healthcare with data privacy regulations.

Skin organoids offer a powerful platform for drug discovery in the ongoing fight against the virus formerly known as monkeypox.

An innovative AI-based tool leverages varied symptom descriptions, along with evidence from the scientific literature and genomic datasets, to pinpoint disease-associated gene variants.

New research into how humans and animals use complexity to make decisions offers some tantalizing insights into the nature of intelligence.

Hydrogels that mimic natural environments help to reveal cellular intricacies often missed in traditional lab studies.

A complex interplay of factors influences the spread of superbug genes during wastewater treatment and reuse.

A simple enzymatic pathway taken from fungi can enhance the production and storage of provitamin A in crop plants.

PNP editing emerges as a versatile and programmable tool for site-specific DNA manipulations.

Tiny packets of molecular cargo shed by cancer cells seed the foundations for metastasis at distant sites in the body.

Fundamental research offers opportunities for new varieties of pigmented rice and a resource to address malnutrition.

Selective membranes allow harvesting and concentration of valuable molecules from cultured microbes.

A newly identified heat-stable Cas13 enzyme could lead to improved diagnostics and new biotechnological applications.

Genomic defense mechanism harnessed to manipulate gene activity in worms.

Miniature RNA-cutting protein harnessed for diagnostics and therapeutics.

Providing 3D-printed structures can help coral reefs recover faster.

Tiny drops that resemble an extracellular matrix can be used to culture cells for delivery into the human body.

New lateral flow test Vigilant is cheaper, easier to use and as reliable as the current gold standard PCR test for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infection.

3D models of bone formation provide a tool for tissue engineering, biomedical research and drug testing.

New diagnostic technique could help contain the spread of COVID-19 and other viral outbreaks.

A printable hydrogel made of ultrashort peptides could help shape cells into viable tissues.

A new protocol brings the precise standards of engineering to the realm of synthetic biology. 

A new test kit could enable quick and effective COVID-19 tests for people arriving at airports.

A water-stable dopant enhances and stabilizes the performance of electron-transporting organic electrochemical transistors.

A protein hijacked from a bacterial pathogen helps to facilitate more precise genome editing in plants.

Medical diagnostic device extracts energy from sugars naturally present in the body to drive its glucose-sensing circuitry.

Small non-coding RNAs thought to be found in testes are also present in the adult mouse brain.

A new computational framework shows how pathogens interact with host cells at the metabolic level.

A statistical approach that can find patterns in large data sets, even in the event of missing or incorrect figures, is proving useful from genomic studies through to planning a marine reserve.

Evolution has left alone the protective functions of noncoding sequences of the human genetic blueprint.