UMD researcher develops potentially revolutionary framework for heredity and evolution in which inheritable information is stored outside the genome.
American Association for the Advancement of Science awards Newcomb Cleveland prize to study of transgenic fungus designed to control malaria-carrying mosquito populations in West Africa.
Over 2,700 students were named to the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Dean's List for Fall 2019.
Manuella Djomaleu, Jillian Kunze and Nicholas Poniatowski honored as three of the university’s most successful seniors.
The discovery by UMD researchers suggests “functional mosaicism” could explain some antibiotic resistance and cancer relapse.
UMD researchers discovered that telomerase, which “immortalizes” cancer cells, also prevents tumors and slows a key stage in normal cell death.
Accessible to all UMD researchers, students and collaborators, the new microscope will provide higher resolution and more speed while being gentler on live samples.
Researchers at the University of Maryland and National Cancer Institute identified 12 distinct relationships between gene pairs in tumor cells that could potentially be targeted for cancer therapy.
University of Maryland researchers discovered one enzyme’s vital role in breaking down RNA is more specific than previously thought, revising a vital cellular process misunderstood since the 1960s.
Congratulations to the almost 2,500 Spring 2019 semester Dean's List awardees from the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.