In a new study published today (Friday) in Nature Medicine – just days after their labs were severely damaged in an Iranian missile attack – Shlush and Tanay present findings that may lead to an innovative blood test for detecting a person’s risk of developing leukemia. This test may potentially replace the invasive diagnostic procedure of bone marrow sampling.

An international research team from the fields of veterinary medicine and genetics has developed a new survey tool to advance canine epilepsy diagnosis and research.

Scientists have refined a new way of using genetics to identify whether someone has type 1 or type 2 diabetes in Chinese populations – and it is now being used in a large clinical trial to improve treatment in the region.

A University of Cologne research team has identified the protein AIFM1 as a central coordinator of cellular energy production. More research on this protein’s role can also contribute to a better understanding of various diseases caused by mitochondrial dysfunction / publication in ‘Molecular Cell’

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have conducted a new study revealing that changes in blink frequency induced by mild exercise may be a subtle but powerful indicator of individuals differences in improvements in executive function, a set of cognitive processes that regulate behavior toward achieving goals. Although the average resting spontaneous (unconscious) blink frequency did not significantly increase after mild exercise, a closer look at individual differences revealed a compelling pattern: Those who exhibited an increase in blink frequency tended to exhibit enhanced executive function.