Study reveals process to explain how maternal stress triggers idiopathic preterm birth
A University of South Florida Health preclinical study indicates that FKBP51-progesterone receptor binding plays a critical role in stress-induced preterm ...
Tag: Genetics
Wild relatives offer a solution to devastating chickpea disease Ascochyta blight
Credit: Lars Kamphuis A staple for many, chickpeas are a rich source of vitamins, minerals, and fiber and offer many ...
Research pinpoints unique drug target in antibiotic resistant bacteria
Credit: Shutterstock Researchers have identified a critical mechanism that allows deadly bacteria to gain resistance to antibiotics. The findings offer ...
A plant’s place in history can predict susceptibility to pathogens
Credit: Michael Bradshaw Found around the world, powdery mildew is a fungal disease especially harmful to plants within the sunflower ...
Research shows we’re surprisingly similar to Earth’s first animals
Today's humans share genes with ancient oceanic creatures missing headsCredit: Ryan Somma The earliest multicellular organisms may have lacked heads, ...
Critically endangered macadamia species becomes a plant supermodel
Credit: Bruce Topp, University of Queensland One of the world's rarest tree species has been transformed into a sophisticated model ...
New ‘split-drive’ system puts scientists in the (gene) driver seat
Researchers develop tunable system that harnesses the spread of cargo carried by gene drivesCredit: Gerard Terradas, UC San Diego Powerful ...
Huntington’s disease driven by slowed protein-building machinery in cells
New study shows that mutant huntingtin protein slows ribosomesCredit: Image by Nicolai Urban of Max Planck Institute for Neuroscience in ...
Chimpanzees without borders
A new large-scale study uncovers recent genetic connectivity between chimpanzee subspecies despite past isolation eventsCredit: © PanAf Researchers from the ...
New Corona test developed
Researchers develop a low-cost and fast method to detect a COVID-19 infection from a pool of gargle lavage samplesCredit: MPI ...
Determination of glycine transporter opens new avenues in development of psychiatric drugs
Credit: Azadeh Shahsavar Glycine can stimulate or inhibit neurons in the brain, thereby controlling complex functions. Unraveling the three-dimensional structure ...
Protein discovery could help enable eco-friendly fungicides
Findings explain how plants use RNA to defend against fungal invadersCredit: Nicole Ward Gauthier/University of Kentucky New research reveals an ...
WOX9: A jack of all trades
Credit: Hendelman/Lippman lab/CSHL, 2021 Over evolutionary time scales, a single gene may acquire different roles in diverging species. However, revealing ...
How to track the variants of the pandemic faster
Credit: © Oliver Hochstrasser "What scientists have achieved in a year since the discovery of a brand-new virus is truly ...
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