Mount St. Helens’ many ecological lessons captured in new book
Credit: Ali Freibott, US Forest Service When Mount St. Helens erupted 38 years ago today, it not only dramatically transformed more than 200 square miles...
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Designer cells: Artificial enzyme can activate a gene switch
Credit: University of Basel, Yasunori Okamoto Complex reaction cascades can be triggered in artificial molecular systems: Swiss scientists have constructed an enzyme than can penetrate...
Embryonic gene regulation through mechanical forces
Credit: Copyright: Ulrich Technau During embryonic development genetic cascades control gene activity and cell differentiation. In a new publication of the journal PNAS, the team...
New PLOS channel for the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) community
Credit: PLOS PLOS, in collaboration with GARDP, is delighted to announce the launch of the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Channel during the World Health Assembly, Geneva....
Advance genetics study identifies virulent strain of TB
LSTM's Dr Maxine Caws is co-lead investigator on an advanced genetics study published in Nature Genetics(link is external), which has shown that a virulent strain...
First record of large-antlered muntjac in Vietnam
Credit: Leibniz IZW, WWF Vietnam, USAID Song Thanh Nature Rerserve In November 2017 - under a biodiversity monitoring and assessment activity supported by the US...
The nature of the Ebola virus responsible for the 9th epidemic currently raging in the DRC character
The National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) of Kinshasa and Inserm have characterized the nature of the Ebola virus responsible for the 9th epidemic currently...
Researchers build artificial cellular compartments as molecular workshops
Credit: P. Erdmann / Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry How to install new capabilities in cells without interfering with their metabolic processes? A team from the Technical...
IUPUI study finds missing link between blow flies and possible pathogen transmission
Credit: School of Science, IUPUI INDIANAPOLIS -- Determining whether blow flies have consumed animal fecal material versus animal tissue has important implications for both human...
The prevalence of twin births in pure Spanish horses (PREs)
Credit: ANCCE It is known that chromosomal anomalies are one of the principle genetic causes of infertility in horses. However, a great proportion of these...
Lead exposure found to affect fertility rates
Over the last few years, Flint, Michigan, has been in the news due to findings related to lead in its water supply. New research that...
Remote control of transport through nanopores
In our bodies, the transfer of genetic information, viral infections and protein trafficking, as well as the synthesis and the degradation of biomolecules, are all...
Embryonic mammary gland stem cells identified
Credit: Cédric Blanpain ULB Publication in Nature Cell Biology: researchers at the Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB define for the first time the mechanisms responsible...
Giant invasive flatworms found in France and overseas French territories
Credit: Laurent Charles - CCBY 4.0 One of the consequences of globalization is the introduction of invasive species. Giant hammerhead flatworms, or land planarians, up...
How wheat can root out the take-all fungus
In the soils of the world's cereal fields, a family tussle between related species of fungi is underway for control of the crops' roots, with...
