EPFL researchers have uncovered how transcription factor dosage reshapes cell identity, showing that even small differences in dose can steer cells toward completely different fates. Their findings ...

Scientists at University of California San Diego have developed a new approach to destroying cancer stem cells—hard-to-find cells that help cancers spread, come back after treatment and resist therapy ...

Two teams of researchers have developed a cell reprogramming technology that converts rogue disease-causing T cells from our immune system into protective T reg cells. These cells help ensure that the ...

The cost of sequencing DNA has dropped dramatically, and with technologies like CRISPR, gene editing is becoming more precise and powerful than ever. From curing genetic diseases to designing the next ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is marked by relentless motor neuron loss, but the disease also comes with a deeper immune imbalance. At the heart of this dysregulation is a breakdown in ...

Metabolism guides the activation states of regulatory T cells, the immune cells that prevent inappropriate activation of the immune system. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists recently ...

Tucked among the many pages of President Trump’s signature tax cuts is a single paragraph that provisions money for the Department of Homeland Security. Totaling $10 billion, and created to help ...

Republican senators have questions and concerns about how President Trump is managing to pay more than 1 million military service members during the government shutdown and are seeking more ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Last week, the Trump administration ...

Experts hail the ‘very exciting” discovery that the oft-observed protection against triple-negative breast cancer afforded by breastfeeding may be due to resident T cells left behind in the breast.