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Scientists sent viruses to space and they evolved in surprising ways

When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way ...

Exploring mutations that spontaneously switch on a key brain cell receptor

Many people are familiar with histamine, a biological molecule that serves as a key driver of allergic reactions and other ...

Phages and bacteria accumulate distinctive mutations aboard the International Space Station

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless ...

Takeaway food order triggers shocking brain tumour diagnosis in medical student

A routine takeaway order led to a shocking medical emergency for 23-year-old medical student Alex Warwick, who suddenly ...

Tempus Announces Eight Abstracts Accepted for Presentation at the 2026 ASCO® Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Tempus AI, Inc. (NASDAQ: TEM), a technology company leading the adoption of AI to advance precision medicine, today announced ...
Medical Xpress

Researchers turn cancer resistance mutations into targets for new immunotherapies

One of the most challenging moments in cancer treatment comes when a therapy stops working. In many metastatic cancers, drugs that are initially effective lose their potency over time, as malignant ...
Medical Xpress

BRAF gene mutation leads to different therapeutic responses in melanoma and colorectal cancer

A review article led by researchers from the B·ARGO group at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and from the Medical Oncology Department of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) in ...
KLTV

New flu strain mutation triggers early rise in Texas flu cases, hospitalizations

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A new mutation of the influenza A(H3N2) strain, known as subclade K, is causing an increase in flu cases and hospitalizations in Texas and across the country early in this year’s ...
New York Post

Women with BRCA mutations may be suffering unnecessarily due to ‘misinformation’ about treatment: study

New research indicates that a long-maligned menopausal treatment is safer than previously thought, showing that it doesn’t increase breast cancer risk in women with inherited mutations in the BRCA1 or ...
The Irish Times

Sperm donor with cancer-causing genetic mutation fathered at least 197 children across Europe

A sperm donor with a genetic mutation which increases the risk of cancer by up to 90 per cent has fathered at least 197 children across Europe. The BBC reported that the man was paid to donate sperm ...
Ars Technica

Sperm donor with rare cancer mutation fathered nearly 200 children in Europe

A single sperm donor who carries a rare cancer-causing genetic mutation has fathered at least 197 children across 14 countries in Europe, according to a collaborative investigation by 14 European news ...
STAT

Sperm donor with rare cancer-causing mutation fathers nearly 200 children across Europe

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.71. LONDON — A sperm donor who unknowingly carried a gene variant that can ...