Microbiome confers resistance to cholera
Not everyone exposed to infectious diarrhea-causing bacteria gets sickCredit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cholera can kill within hours ...
Tag: Genes
Pattern analysis of phylogenetic trees could reveal connections between evolution, ecology
Credit: Nigel Goldenfeld In biology, phylogenetic trees represent the evolutionary history and diversification of species - the "family tree" of ...
Rapid genomic profiling of colon cancers can improve therapy selection for patients
Multicenter study led by Dartmouth's and Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center shows vastly improved turnaround time to get results from ...
Identified genes that predispose to cancer by impairing the immune system
Credit: Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) The idea that the immune system "monitors and prevents" the development of cancer, which ...
From Jekyll to Hyde: New study pinpoints mutation that makes E. coli deadlier
Scientists identify an important protein that increases "bacterial virulence," when mutated, changing harmless bacteria to harmful onesCredit: CHIKARA KAITO As ...
Inherited mutation found among Brazilians increases cancer risk
Genomic research helps explain why some people with a common TP53 mutation widespread in Brazil get cancer while others do ...
Scientists uncover new genetic mutations linked to autism spectrum disorder
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and Radboud University Medical Center ...
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate concentration in coral reef invertebrates
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate concentration in coral reef invertebrates varies according to species assemblagesCredit: Dr Isis Guibert New research highlights the effect of ...
Researchers say genetics may determine wound infection and healing
A recent study led by Texas Tech's Department of Biological Sciences and Natural Science Research Laboratory determined that certain genes ...
Biologists unravel tangled mystery of plant cell growth
Insight could lead to bigger crops and better yieldsCredit: Carolyn Rasmussen/UCR When cells don't divide into proper copies of themselves, ...
Scientists unlock secrets of Ethiopia’s superfood in race to save it from warming climate
Ethiopia's native staple food grain teff is at risk, with 80% of production to be hit by higher temperatures soon ...
Weed’s wily ways explained in Illinois research
Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Like antibiotic-resistant bacteria, some herbicide-resistant weeds can't be killed by ...
All of Us Research Program launches COVID-19 research initiatives
NIH effort expands data collection to shed light on pandemic's spread and impactCredit: National Institutes of Health The All of ...
Summer favorite bitter gourd genome shows unusual domestication, insight into evolution
Credit: Hideo Matsumura, Gene Research Center, Shinshu University The bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) is a summer vegetable that graces the ...
Researchers discover what’s behind nature’s perhaps largest erection — which is not that big
In the plant kingdom, the sexual organ of a male pollen grain grows up to a thousand times its own ...
Parasites and the microbiome
In a study of ethnically diverse people from Cameroon, the presence of a parasite infection was closely linked to the ...
Researchers model human stem cells to identify degeneration in glaucoma
Credit: IU School of Medicine More than 3 million Americans have glaucoma, a serious eye condition causing vision loss. Using ...
Lack of mitochondria causes severe disease in children
Credit: Gustav Mårtensson Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that excessive degradation of the power plants of our ...
Strengthening Africa’s clinical trial capacity through an online platform
Credit: Photo credits ©AAS, Kenya/2020 Without a cure or vaccine for COVID-19, it is likely the virus will continue to ...
Link between liver and heart disease could lead to new therapeutics
Credit: Hua Bai AMES, Iowa - A new study that looks closely at the cardiac health of flies provides new ...