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Tetrahymena, a tiny single celled-organism, turns out to be hiding a surprising secret: it’s doing respiration – using oxygen to generate cellular energy – differently...

After the last meeting of the International Society of Microbiota (ISM), a well-documented report and statement were published. Numerous investigations showed a bidirectional interplay between gut...

Most of us remember enough biology to recall that mitochondria are known as “the powerhouse of the cell.” Even that audacious term may downplay the...

WASHINGTON – Engineers, optical and medical scientists, physicians, researchers, and graduate students will convene for this year’s Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics in a hybrid format...

New research by two Bocconi University professors suggests that women may be significantly less corrupt than men. Women at different levels of government bureaucracy in...

NISKAYUNA, NY – March 31, 2022 –  Are we moving closer to the day when diabetes is no longer monitored and managed with blood sugar...

Osaka, Japan – Commonly known as whooping cough, pertussis is a respiratory disease that results from infection with the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. This ailment often...

Skin cells and their DNA varies between individuals, but new data from Flinders University shows that some groups of people have higher variability in their...

Cancer is currently the most common cause of death in most developed countries around the world. In the USA, comprehensive progress in cancer research, prevention,...

CHARGE syndrome, which affects approximately one in 10,000 newborns worldwide, is associated with neurological and behavioural conditions like intellectual disability, attention deficit disorder, convulsions, and...

Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have revealed how poxviruses build their scaffold - a temporary protein coat that...

Recently published research led by University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa scientists highlights the potential for using oceanographic sensors to make accurate predictions of Vibrio vulnificus,...

Soy molasses and kudzu roots contain isoflavonoids with high antioxidant and cytotoxic activity, scientists have discovered. Substances can help fight cancer, especially when chemotherapy or...

One of the serious complications that can occur during late pregnancy happens when the amniotic sac (also called the bag of waters) breaks too early,...

Newly-discovered subfossils in the remote Marquesas Islands reveal the biological splendor that greeted Polynesian explorersCredit: Allen et al. (Nick Porch), 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0...