Biology
Disease Microenvironments May Reshape the Safety of Near-Infrared Theranostic Nanomaterials, Review Finds
A new review argues that tumor acidity, hypoxia, reactive oxygen species and microbial cues can fundamentally alter the degradation, activation...
G-quadruplex motifs cluster near gene starts across oral bacterial genomes
A computational survey of 381 oral bacterial genomes found 48,234 G-quadruplex motifs, with a 2.5 to 3-fold enrichment in promoter...
New gecko species hiding on China’s Qinling Mountains raises Gekko count to 102
A new gecko species, Gekko luanchuanensis, has been described from the Qinling Mountains in Henan Province, China, based on morphology...
Scientists Say Alzheimer’s Vessel Findings Lack Proof of Function
A PLOS Biology Perspective argues that molecular profiling of brain blood vessels in Alzheimer's disease has outpaced functional measurements, and...
Dung fly study finds female gland fluid keeps sperm alive, not kills it
A laboratory experiment with yellow dung flies found that fresh female accessory gland fluid significantly increased sperm survival compared with...
Research report: Additional records of Lycodon yunnanensis (Werner, 1922) and range extension of Lycodon truongi Nguyen, Duong, Wood & Grismer, 2022 ( Reptilia , Squamata , Colubridae ) from Vietnam
A new record of Lycodon yunnanensis from Ha Tinh Province and eight specimens of Lycodon truongi from central Vietnam extend...
Serial Swarming Selection Yields Elongated, Genetically Distinct Enterobacter Variants
Repeated selection at expanding swarm fronts transformed a clonal Enterobacter strain into five elongated, highly persistent lineages carrying distinctive population-level...
Hip fat pad may hold key to stem cell therapy for osteoarthritis
A new review argues that the hip's cotyloid fossa fat pad is a promising but still uncharacterized source of therapeutic...
Scientists Launch Global Push to Outmaneuver a Fungus That Kills More Than Half Its Victims
A new PLOS Pathogens review introduces the NIAID-funded MUCOR-ADVANCE consortium, which unites diagnostics, immunotherapy and pathogenesis research against mucormycosis, a...
Research report: Recombination rate and efficiency of linked selection in small and large stickleback populations
A study of nine-spined stickleback populations finds that linked selection reduces nucleotide diversity in low-recombination regions, and that one small...
Neural Field Model Fitting Suggests Reduced Corticothalamic Integrity in Disorders of Consciousness
A multicentre study fitted individualised corticothalamic neural field models to EEG from 547 participants, showing reduced corticothalamic integrity in unresponsive...
Dog’s chemotherapy wound heals without surgery after delayed epirubicin extravasation
A case report describes complete healing of a delayed epirubicin extravasation ulcer in a dog treated conservatively with hyperbaric gaseous...
Many German Horses Carry Antibodies Against Tapeworms, ELISA Study Finds
A survey of nearly 1,000 horses across six German federal states found saliva and plasma ELISAs detected far more Anoplocephalidae...
Switchgrass gene PvHIPP23 acts as a brake on cadmium tolerance
A genome-wide study of switchgrass identified 79 HIPP genes and found that silencing PvHIPP23 improves cadmium tolerance while reducing root...
Genetic study of endangered Ethiopian kebericho reveals moderate diversity shaped by geography
A DArTseq SNP analysis of 60 Ethiopian kebericho accessions from 36 locations found moderate genetic diversity, with 77 percent of...
Brain Map Shows Fractions and Integers Share a Single Number Line
High-resolution fMRI reveals a shared cortical map in which fractions and integers are organized by magnitude in educated adults performing...
Five New Dwarf Spider Species Unearthed in China’s Mountain Leaf Litter
Researchers have described five new species of the dwarf spider genus Shaanxinus from mountain leaf litter in Gansu, Guizhou, Shaanxi,...
Pregnant Elite Athletes Face Training Dilemmas as Review Maps Exercise Risks and Benefits
A new review of 40 studies covering more than 4,163 women maps how pregnancy reshapes athletic physiology, where high-intensity training...
Differential Impacts of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Community Composition and Alpha Diversity of Macroinvertebrates at a Large Urban River System
A survey of 385 river sites in Ningbo, China, found that urban and agricultural land use significantly restructures macroinvertebrate communities...
Plants Read Their Microbes Along a Chemical Continuum, Review Argues
A new review argues that plant recognition of microbes is a fluid, context-dependent chemical process rather than a binary split...
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