Cellular & Molecular Biology

Using genomics to guide personalized cancer treatment

A common mutation that causes facial flushing and inflammation in response to alcohol can lead to biochemical changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers say.

Even teens who aren’t especially thin could be dangerously ill from atypical anorexia nervosa, according to new research.

Stanford researchers stand at the forefront of efforts to defeat the disease

A scientist’s eye for detail catches mixed-up frog cells reassembling

Scientists lay out the different ways we age

Inflammation from a simple infection can awaken a silent genetic defect in rats that carry it, resulting in a deadly form of pulmonary hypertension, a study shows.

When nerve cells’ power packs go wrong

Researchers ID cells that transform into tissue that caps off plaque in atherosclerosis. They also believe they’ve found the gene responsible for the transformation.

Next-generation biobanking is bridging the gap between research and patients