Jan. 17, 2017 — In any given second, thousands of immune cells are poking holes in your blood vessels as they travel out of the blood stream to survey your organs for problems or join the fight against a pathogen. ...
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Jan. 17, 2017 — Researchers have discovered that a subset of bacteriophages, dubbed 'superspreaders,' potentially play a major role in transmitting antimicrobial resistance. The research provides an answer ...
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Jan. 17, 2017 — By studying the sexual behavior of a mutant strain of fruit fly called 'platonic,' researchers have found parallels between humans and flies in the neural control of ...
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Jan. 17, 2017 — Researchers have released the largest-ever single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) dataset of genetic variations in poplar trees, information useful to plant scientists as well as researchers in the ...
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Jan. 17, 2017 — A protein known as Arf1 plays a role in podosome formation by regulating the assembly of myosin-II within the cytoskeleton, a new study has ...
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Jan. 17, 2017 — The technique that the hepatitis E virus -- an emerging liver virus historically found in developing countries but now on the rise in Europe -- uses to spread could present a weak spot scientists can ...
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Jan. 16, 2017 — A synthesized steroid mirroring one naturally made by the dogfish shark prevents the buildup of a lethal protein implicated in some neurodegenerative diseases, reports an international research team ...
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Jan. 16, 2017 — Scientists have successfully described a crucial structure involved in DNA replication, placing another piece in the puzzle of how life ...
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Jan. 16, 2017 — Scientists have developed a much-needed genetic resource that will greatly accelerate the study of gene functions in wheat. The resource, a collection of wheat seeds with more than 10 million ...
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Jan. 16, 2017 — An international team of researchers has identified the genetic mutations which allowed microalgae (phytoplankton) from the Southern Ocean to adapt to extreme and highly variable climates -- a step ...
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Jan. 16, 2017 — Scientists have conducted experiments investigating whether a molecular change in an enzyme gave the Drosophila melanogaster fruit fly species its superior ability to metabolize ...
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Jan. 16, 2017 — Using a combination of infrared spectroscopy and computer simulation, researchers have gained new insights into the workings of protein switches. With high temporal and spatial resolution, they ...
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Jan. 13, 2017 — Gene-editing techniques could help to improve stocks of farmed pigs by boosting supplies of sperm from prized sires. Scientists have created male pigs that could be used as surrogates capable of ...
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Jan. 13, 2017 — The sequencing of the genome of Coffea arabica, the species responsible for more than 70 percent of global coffee production, has now been announced by ...
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Jan. 13, 2017 — Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how valuable anti-cancer compounds are produced in the Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus ...
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Jan. 13, 2017 — A chemist and a collaborator have developed a new theory for explaining how proteins and other biomolecules function based on movement and change of shape and structure rather than ...
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Jan. 13, 2017 — Researchers have developed methods to detect pH in vivo, and elucidate phenomena driving protein export in biological ...
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Jan. 12, 2017 — Many of our cells are equipped with a hairlike 'antenna' that relays information about the external environment to the cell, and scientists have already discovered that the appearance and ...
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Jan. 12, 2017 — After decades of research and countless control attempts, dengue fever -- a mosquito-borne viral disease -- continues to infect an estimated 390 million people around the world each year. Now, ...
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Jan. 12, 2017 — Researchers have genetically modified mosquitoes to resist infection from dengue virus, a virus that sickens an estimated 96 million people globally each year and kills more than 20,000, mostly ...
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