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Science on Sunday @science-on-sunday.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Outsmarting a stubborn killer: New ways to disable a deadly cancer... Researchers have identified new ways to target a genetic "on-switch" that... Read the paper →

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Science on Sunday @science-on-sunday.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Nature's own pharmacy: How living organisms are redesigning modern... Biologic medicines grown in living cells are replacing traditional... Read the paper →

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Science on Sunday @science-on-sunday.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The body's natural architect: How the liver rebuilds itself from... Researchers have mapped the complex cellular networks and internal energy... Read the paper →

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Science on Sunday @science-on-sunday.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Cancer's disguise: acting like a fetus. Tumors reactivate fetal genes to grow aggressively and evade the immune system. Undoing that disguise is the next frontier. Read the paper →

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Science on Sunday @science-on-sunday.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

For many kids with CP, the answer is in their genes. Cerebral palsy isn't always caused by birth injury. Genetic testing is now finding answers and diagnoses for families with no other explanation. Read the paper →

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Science on Sunday @science-on-sunday.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Weedkiller resistance is a genetics problem. Auxin herbicides hijack plant hormone receptor genes to kill weeds. Resistance is already emerging — and the genetics explain exactly why. Read the paper →

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Science on Sunday @science-on-sunday.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Cancer has a genetic map — and we're reading it. Driver mutations, oncogenes, tumor suppressors, epigenetics. The full genetic landscape of cancer, now charted. Read the paper →

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Science on Sunday @science-on-sunday.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A search engine for gene-disease connections. DISGENET maps thousands of genetic variants to diseases — powering drug discovery and repurposing worldwide. Read the paper →

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Science on Sunday @science-on-sunday.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

75% of genomics ignores most of humanity. Genomic databases skew heavily European. For African and South Asian populations, genetic risk scores are up to 4.9x less accurate. Read the paper →

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Science on Sunday @science-on-sunday.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Your personality is in your DNA — kind of. Thousands of genetic variants now linked to the Big Five personality traits. Your genes influence who you are, alongside everything else. Read the paper →

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Science on Sunday @science-on-sunday.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Biology's master dictionary just got a 2026 update. The Gene Ontology catalogues every known gene function across every studied species. 1,100+ citations. Foundation of all computational genomics. Read the paper →

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Tim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · 30/04/2026

Got up early in hopes of catching this photo before work this morning. There's only a few days each year where it's cool enough in the morning to make this shot possible. Thankfully, today was one of those days! #wildlife #birds

A red winged blackbird's breath can be seen as he sings his morning song. The bird is sitting on a cattail and the rising morning sun illuminates his breath.

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Science on Sunday @science-on-sunday.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Kill the cancer. Leave the rest. Two genes both disabled — tumor dies. Disabling just one? Cell survives. Synthetic lethality is precision cancer drug discovery. Read the paper →

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