Does mRNA play a role in cell migration? Can we use therapeutic vaccines to treat cancers like kidney cancer? Join co-hosts Majo and Roxanna in this week’s installment of YJBM Science News as they discuss the most recent Yale-affiliated biomedical and biological research that answers these questions and more!

Papers featured in this episode:

“Resolving the three-dimensional interactome of human accelerated regions during human and chimpanzee neurodevelopment” – http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.01.007

https://news.yale.edu/2025/02/06/study-sheds-light-genetic-changes-shaped-human-brain-evolution

“A neoantigen vaccine generates antitumour immunity in renal cell carcinoma” – https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08507-5

https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/personalized-therapeutic-vaccine-steers-the-immune-system-to-fight-kidney-cancer/

“G3BP1 ribonucleoprotein complexes regulate focal adhesion protein mobility and cell migration” – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115237

https://news.yale.edu/2025/02/13/feet-first-understanding-how-mrna-helps-cells-walk

“A human gut bacterium antagonizes neighboring bacteria by altering their protein-folding ability” – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2025.01.008

https://westcampus.yale.edu/news/2025-02-04-the-hidden-battle-in-your-gut-how-one-bacterium-outsmarts-its-rivals

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