Biology
New algorithm can predict diabetic kidney disease
LA JOLLA, CALIF. – May 15, 2023 – Researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys and the Chinese University of Hong Kong...
The brains of modern dog breeds are larger than those of ancient breeds
Modern dog breeds that are genetically more distant from wolves have a relatively larger brain size compared to ancient breeds...
Healthy teeth thanks to the “washing machine effect”
Ruminants like cows have developed an unusual way of digesting their food: they ingest plants, give them a rough chewing...
The beginning is the end
All cells in an organism contain identical DNA sequence. What determines the identity and function of individual cells and tissues,...
Second gene implicated in malaria parasite resistance evolution to chloroquine
(May 11) — How malaria parasites evolved to evade a major antimalarial drug has long been thought to involve only...
Interactions between gut bacteria may limit antibiotics’ efficacy against C. difficile
Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is a bacterium that can infect the large intestine, with symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening...
Gene switches help juvenile “Nemo” fish adapt their physiology to a new life on the coral reef
Coral reef fish larvae undergo major physiological changes during their short development as they transition from long-distance dispersal in the...
Hammerhead sharks hold their breath on deep water hunts to stay warm
Scalloped hammerhead sharks hold their breath to keep their bodies warm during deep dives into cold water where they hunt...
Ancestral mitoviruses discovered in mycorrhizal fungi
A new group of mitochondrial viruses confined to the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Glomeromycotina may represent an ancestral lineage of mitoviruses.Credit:...
Innovative 3D drug screening system
Professor Timo Betz, University of Göttingen, has been awarded a Proof of Concept (PoC) grant by the European Research Council...
Global warming puts whales in the Southern Ocean on a diet
In the month of June, when winter bites in the southern hemisphere and the sea around the Antarctic freezes over,...
‘Sea butterfly’ life cycle threatened by climate change may impact Southern Ocean ecosystem
The world’s oceans absorb approximately a quarter of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. During absorption, CO2 reacts with seawater and...
The right moves: how studying cell movement during embryonic development may offer new insights into cancer metastasis
Cancer’s ability to spread throughout the body — a process known as metastasis — is responsible for the vast majority...
Pregnant and lactating dogs share patterns of some blood metabolites – including glucose and fatty acid concentrations – with pregnant women, according to study of 27 dogs representing 21 breeds
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0284570Credit: Antje Jaensch (www.wilde-kobolde.de), CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0284570 Article Title: Metabolomics during canine pregnancy and lactation...
The acute problem of chronic disease
In medicine and science, the term “pathogenesis” describes the origin and development of disease. There is not, however, a broadly...
AI drug discovery company Insilico Medicine offers free course on target identification
Insilico Medicine, a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, announced today that it is releasing a course on Disease...
A journey to the origins of multicellular life: Long-term experimental evolution in the lab
The world would look very different without multicellular organisms – take away the plants, animals, fungi, and seaweed, and Earth...
Human pangenome reference will enable more complete and equitable understanding of genomic diversity
UC Santa Cruz scientists, along with a consortium of researchers, have released a draft of the first human pangenome—a new,...
St. Jude scientist M. Madan Babu elected to the Royal Society of London
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientist Madan Babu Mohan, Ph.D., Center of Excellence in Data-Driven Discovery director and member of...
Researchers track endangered Nassau grouper eggs with underwater microscope
Each winter off the western tip of the Caribbean island of Little Cayman, thousands of endangered Nassau grouper gather to...
