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Credit: Huiting Zhang Sneaky parasitic weeds may be able to steal genes from the plants they are attacking and then use those genes against the...

Credit: Stellenbosch University The restoration of fynbos is possible in areas where pines used to grow for up to 30 years, because there are still...

A research team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University leveraged its organ-on-a-chip technology to develop a model of the human...

Credit: Gu Lab/Harvard Medical School Already extolled for their health benefits as a food compound, omega-3 fatty acids now appear to also play a critical...

Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In what is believed to be the first proof-of-concept study of its kind, Johns Hopkins researchers have determined that large bags...

Stefan Jansson, a professor at Umeå University in northern Sweden has been appointed 2015 Forest Biotechnologist of the Year by the Institute of Forest Biosciences...

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 12, 2018) – Scientists have developed a way to identify biomarkers for a wide range...

Credit: Cho, Y., Gorina, S., Jeffrey, P.D., Pavletich, N.P.; Astrojan. Before a malignant tumor is developed, the immune system tries to fight against proteins that...

IMAGE: On the left are fluorescence-labeled cells with nanoparticles: The cellular nuclei are shown in blue, the fluorescence labeling is shown in green and the...

Credit: Zhou et al./ Nature 2017 An intricate new three-dimensional protein structure is providing a detailed look into how brain cells communicate rapidly. By visualizing...

Dr. Lars Eisen and Marc Dolan of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reviewed decades of scientific literature on the effectiveness of...

James R. Downing, M.D., St. Jude Children's Research Hospital president and chief executive officer, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences....

Credit: WASHINGTON — Mankind has long been peering into the depths of the sea. From finding fish to avoiding rocks, the ability to see as...

Credit: American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology Philadelphia, PA, and Hoboken, NJ, January 3, 2018 – While ultrasound imaging is a commonly used diagnostic tool...

Credit: Cancer Research Two different proteins work separately as well as synergistically to feed a small pool of stem cells that help bladder cancer resist...