Oncology & Cancer

Secret vulnerabilities of cancer's 'Death Star' protein revealed

Researchers at the Center for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona, Spain, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute near Cambridge, UK, have comprehensively identified the allosteric control sites found in the protein KRAS. These are ...

Genetics

New study reveals the genetics of human head shape

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and KU Leuven have discovered a suite of genes that influence head shape in humans. These findings, published this week in Nature Communications, help explain the diversity of human ...

Overweight & Obesity

Can I actually target areas to lose fat, like my belly?

Spend some time scrolling social media and you're all-but-guaranteed to see an ad promising to help you with targeted fat loss. These ads promote a concept known as "spot reduction," claiming you can burn fat in a specific ...

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