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Credit: Elwood Mullins, Vanderbilt University One of the most potent toxins known acts by welding the two strands of the famous double helix together in...

Credit: MPI f. Ornithology In zebra finches, sperm velocity and morphology and hence reproductive success strongly depend on a specific mutation (an inversion) on one...

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Feb. 9, 2018 – Combining ultrasound imaging with a blood test for high alpha fetoprotein (AFP) levels improves...

Credit: CBM/Bugbee ADDIS ABABA (28 January 2018) – Today, at the 30th African Union Heads of State Summit, the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) added...

Credit: Vasilijevic J, et al (2017) Flu viruses contain defective genetic material that may activate the immune system in infected patients, and new research published...

Credit: Pablo Ross / UC Davis For more than 35 years, scientists have tried to isolate embryonic stem cells in cows without much success. Under...

Turning the art of a trefoil knot into polymer science is no easy process, but researchers at Case Western Reserve University developed a technique that...

Credit: Kobe University A causative gene for a highly common type of hearing loss (sensorineural hearing loss, or SNHL) has been identified by a group...

Credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA UCLA scientists report the first evidence that a gene outside the brain controls the ability to rebound from sleep deprivation — a...

Credit: MPI for Plant Breeding Research Some plants can meet their nitrogen requirements by obtaining it from the atmosphere. To do this, they use bacteria...

Credit: Source: Marina Freudenberg, Mareike Maler Adenoviral infections have a mild disease progression in healthy people, but it can be dangerous for immunocompromised people. If...

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Guidelines by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommend testing for seven known genetic changes in patients with Acute...

Credit: Kuehne et al. (2016) Mass drug administration may have reduced malarial incidence during the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Liberia, according to a study published...

By triggering a process called autophagy — in which cells literally engulf their own insides — researchers from Drexel University and Yale University were able...

Credit: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis The Public Strawberry Breeding Program at the University of California, Davis, and colleagues in California and Florida have received a $4.5...