BTI receives DARPA ‘Insect Allies’ Award
Credit: Emilyn Matsumura Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI), the University of Minnesota, the University of California, Davis, and Iowa State University have received...
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DNA links male, female butterfly thought to be distinct species
Credit: Florida Museum of Natural History photo by Shinichi Nakahara GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Researchers recently discovered what was thought to be a distinct species of...
UT Southwestern finds link between backup immune defense, mutation seen in Crohn’s disease
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 27, 2017 - Genes that regulate a cellular recycling system called autophagy are commonly mutated in Crohn's disease patients,...
Researchers crack the smile, describing 3 types by muscle movement
Credit: Courtesy of Paula Niedenthal MADISON, Wis. -- The smile may be the most common and flexible expression, used to reveal some emotions, cover others...
New 3-D imaging reveals how human cell nucleus organizes DNA and chromatin of it’s genome
Credit: Horng D. Ou, Salk Institute. Sixty-four years ago, James Watson and Francis Crick described the now-iconic double helix structure of DNA. In a new...
Biochemists link synthetic compound to hunger-hormone production
New research suggests that a man-made cousin of a small molecule found in olive oil can disrupt the hunger-signaling pathway. Researchers identified this promising new...
New imaging technique overturns longstanding textbook model of DNA folding
How can six and half feet of DNA be folded into the tiny nucleus of a cell? Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health...
Could insufficient sleep be adding centimeters to your waistline?
Adults in the UK who have poor sleep patterns are more likely to be overweight and obese and have poorer metabolic health, according to a...
Effects of a major drug target regulated through molecular ‘codes’
(Van Andel Research Institute) The findings, published today in Cell, reveal for the first time components of a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) named rhodopsin bound...
DREAMers at greater risk for mental health distress
Immigrants who came to the United States illegally as small children and who meet the requirements of the Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors...
‘Dark ecology project’ will use past weather radar data to trace bird migrations
(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) Every spring and fall, billions of birds migrate across the United States, largely unseen under the cover of darkness. Now...
Seeing in the dark: Minus sunlight, a general theory reveals universal patterns in ecology
There's a 50-hectare forested plot in Panama where researchers with the Smithsonian have gathered highly detailed information about the species, distribution, and size of trees...
Should we be worried about hepatitis E?
Hepatitis E gets little press compared to its better-known cousins A, B and C, but Stellenbosch University virologists say we should wake up to how...
Crops that kill pests by shutting off their genes
Plants are among many eukaryotes that can "turn off" one or more of their genes by using a process called RNA interference to block protein...
The 16 genetic markers that can cut a life story short
Why do some of us live longer than others? While the environment in which we live, including our socio-economic status or the food we eat,...
