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Exploring the lung microbiome’s role in disease Unusual microbial communities in a person’s lower airways could influence the onset and progression of lung cancer and other conditions, and might point the way to therapies.

New prototype therapy may repair IPF lung scarring by regenerating... Researchers developed NZ-97, an inhalable drug that stimulates the growth of stem cells in the lungs, potentially repairing scarring in IPF.

Discovery of DNA repair mechanism advances understanding of how human cells stay healthy Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered a DNA repair mechanism that advances understanding of how human cells stay healthy, and which could lead to new treatments for cancer and premature aging.

Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event Last time this happened, Earth got plants.

Brain’s Evolutionary Explosion Linked to Ancient Retrovirus Infection A new study has unraveled a mystery that is key to understanding the course of human and animal evolution. A team of genetic researchers from Altos

‘The situation has become appalling’: fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point Last year, 10,000 sham papers had to be retracted by academic journals, but experts think this is just the tip of the iceberg

New Discovery Brings Nearly Dead Plants Back to Life Discovery brings nearly dead plants back to life. Scientists have been aware of a specific organelle in plant cells for more than a hundred years. However, UC Riverside scientists have only now discovered the organelle’s key role in aging. The researchers initially set out to understand more gen

Immune cells linked to allergies can kill cancer The newly discovered cancer-killing abilities of a type of immune cell linked to allergies suggests it could be a new immunotherapy.

Cells Across the Body Talk to Each Other About Aging When mitochondria stop communicating, the biological clock starts winding down.

Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in The Lab Using Vibrating Molecules Scientists have discovered a new way to destroy cancer cells.

Accurate detection of identity-by-descent segments in human ancient DNA - Nature Genetics ancIBD identifies identity-by-descent regions in ancient DNA using a hidden Markov model optimized for these low-coverage data. Analysis of 4,248 individuals demonstrates that ancIBD can identify up to sixth-degree relatives and provides genealogical insights into ancient populations.

Australian Indigenous genomes are highly diverse and unlike those anywhere else Nature - In collecting genomic data for Indigenous Australians, scientists hope to expand knowledge of human genetic diversity and improve health for this group.