Building a brain, cell by cell: Researchers make a mini neuron network (of two)
Credit: 2018 Shoji Takeuchi, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo - The human brain is an exquisitely...
Mount St. Helens’ many ecological lessons captured in new book
Credit: Ali Freibott, US Forest Service When Mount St. Helens erupted 38 years ago today, it not only dramatically transformed...
Designer cells: Artificial enzyme can activate a gene switch
Credit: University of Basel, Yasunori Okamoto Complex reaction cascades can be triggered in artificial molecular systems: Swiss scientists have constructed...
Embryonic gene regulation through mechanical forces
Credit: Copyright: Ulrich Technau During embryonic development genetic cascades control gene activity and cell differentiation. In a new publication of...
New PLOS channel for the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) community
Credit: PLOS PLOS, in collaboration with GARDP, is delighted to announce the launch of the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Channel during...
Advance genetics study identifies virulent strain of TB
LSTM's Dr Maxine Caws is co-lead investigator on an advanced genetics study published in Nature Genetics(link is external), which has...
First record of large-antlered muntjac in Vietnam
Credit: Leibniz IZW, WWF Vietnam, USAID Song Thanh Nature Rerserve In November 2017 - under a biodiversity monitoring and assessment...
The nature of the Ebola virus responsible for the 9th epidemic currently raging in the DRC character
The National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) of Kinshasa and Inserm have characterized the nature of the Ebola virus responsible...
Researchers build artificial cellular compartments as molecular workshops
Credit: P. Erdmann / Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry How to install new capabilities in cells without interfering with their metabolic processes?...
IUPUI study finds missing link between blow flies and possible pathogen transmission
Credit: School of Science, IUPUI INDIANAPOLIS -- Determining whether blow flies have consumed animal fecal material versus animal tissue has...
The prevalence of twin births in pure Spanish horses (PREs)
Credit: ANCCE It is known that chromosomal anomalies are one of the principle genetic causes of infertility in horses. However,...
Lead exposure found to affect fertility rates
Over the last few years, Flint, Michigan, has been in the news due to findings related to lead in its...
Remote control of transport through nanopores
In our bodies, the transfer of genetic information, viral infections and protein trafficking, as well as the synthesis and the...
Embryonic mammary gland stem cells identified
Credit: Cédric Blanpain ULB Publication in Nature Cell Biology: researchers at the Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB define for the...
Giant invasive flatworms found in France and overseas French territories
Credit: Laurent Charles - CCBY 4.0 One of the consequences of globalization is the introduction of invasive species. Giant hammerhead...
How wheat can root out the take-all fungus
In the soils of the world's cereal fields, a family tussle between related species of fungi is underway for control...
Experimental drug eases effects of gluten for celiac patients on gluten-free diet
Washington, DC (May 22, 2018) -- An investigational new drug offers hope of relief for celiac disease patients who are...
Kids show adult-like intuition about ownership
Children as young as age three are able to make judgements about who owns an object based on its location,...
Blue dye tablet helps identify polyps during colonoscopy
Washington, D.C. (May 22, 2018) -- Ingestion of a blue dye tablet during bowel prep for colonoscopy could be a...
New study sheds light on the opioid epidemic and challenges prevailing views about this public health crisis
Credit: American Journal of Preventive Medicine Ann Arbor, May 22, 2018 - A study published in the American Journal of...
