Biology
Ravens learn best from their affiliates
Credit: Copyright: Ipek G. Kulahci Transmission of information from one individual to another forms the basis of long-term traditions and...
An island getaway: Why some Listeria strains survive good food hygiene…
Credit: Institute of Milk Hygiene Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that colonizes and reproduces on diverse food products including...
No gene is an island
Credit: Magdalena Steinrück Genes do not exist in isolation. Like beads on a string, they sit next to each other...
UTSW research finding could lead to targeted therapies for…
DALLAS – November 19, 2015 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have shown that a pathogen-sensing molecule plays a vital...
Genetic mechanisms underlying phenotype convergence of pandas revealed
Credit: IOZ Convergent evolution, i.e., parallel evolution of identical or similar traits in distantly related species under similar selective pressures,...
Beijing severe haze more frequent under global warming
Credit: IAP Frequency of Beijing winter severe haze has increased over past decades, culminating in events during January 2013, December...
Male poison frogs become cannibals after taking over territories
Credit: Andrius Pasukonis In general, male poison frogs of the species Allobates femoralis are observed as very caring and attentive...
Parasite revealed: New insights into dicyemida
Credit: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) Revealing the origin and evolutionary history of the world's manifold...
Discovery of infants’ airway microbiomes may help predict lung…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In contrast to the general belief that the airways of an infant are sterile until after birth,...
Shining light on brain tumors
Credit: N.V. Kuzmin et al, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands WASHINGTON — When operating on cancer, surgeons want to remove...
How will genomics enter day-to-day medicine?
A quiet transformation has been brewing in medicine, as large-scale DNA results become increasingly available to patients and healthcare providers....
Why are genetically identical individuals different? Ask your mum!
Credit: Lola Davey, Marcos Francisco Perez, CRG. Does the age of a mother influence the traits and characteristics of her...
Biophysics explains how immune cells kill bacteria
Credit: Scientific Reports (Tokyo, August 16) A new data analysis technique, moving subtrajectory analysis, designed by researchers at Tokyo Institute...
In fruit fly and human genetics, timing is everything
Credit: McKay Lab (UNC-Chapel Hill) CHAPEL HILL, NC – Every animal starts as a clump of cells, which over time...
Major family of gene-regulating proteins has drug-sized pocket
Credit: Dalei Wu, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research...
Novel research lays the groundwork for new therapies against sepsis
Philadelphia, PA, April 8, 2016 – Sepsis represents a serious complication of infection and is one of the leading causes...
Is moderate drinking really good for you?
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Many people believe a glass of wine with dinner will help them live longer and healthier–but the...
Artificial intelligence to evaluate brain maturity of preterm infants
Credit: Sampsa Vanhatalo Researchers at the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki University Hospital (HUH), Finland, have developed software based...
New initiative improves health behaviors of lesbian, bisexual women
Credit: Kent Faddis/ MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (July 7, 2016) — Lesbian and bisexual women have higher rates of obesity,...
Flies and bees act like plant cultivators
Credit: UZH Not much plant sex happens without pollinator insects: Bees, flies or butterflies transfer the male pollen grains to...
