Tag: Genetics

Mercury, algae made water undrinkable in heart of cityCredit: David Lentz/UC Reservoirs in the heart of an ancient Maya city ...

Credit: Nigel Goldenfeld In biology, phylogenetic trees represent the evolutionary history and diversification of species - the "family tree" of ...

Multicenter study led by Dartmouth's and Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center shows vastly improved turnaround time to get results from ...

Credit: XU Teng A new function-based sequencing technique using optical tweezers and taking advantage of the properties of gravity is letting ...

Credit: Bill Baker, USF Could the cure for melanoma - the most dangerous type of skin cancer - be a ...

Credit: University of Saskatchewan/Kristen McEwen The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has awarded three University of Saskatchewan (USask) research ...

Study in New England Journal of Medicine has global implicationsCredit: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, CINCINNATI, and KAMPALA, Uganda ...

Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have developed a method to spur the production of new antibiotic ...

Research finds mechanism by which bacterial toxis evolve ability to cause new illnessesCredit: Mikko Taipale, Roman Melnyk, Jean-Philippe Julien The ...

Credit: Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) The idea that the immune system "monitors and prevents" the development of cancer, which ...

Treatment effective on model mice with severe form of the diseaseCredit: Kobe University A multi-institutional research group has succeeded in ...

Scientists identify an important protein that increases "bacterial virulence," when mutated, changing harmless bacteria to harmful onesCredit: CHIKARA KAITO As ...

$40.5 million NIH-funded project aims to pinpoint cells at the root of the progressive brain disease and home in on ...

Credit: Emily Kunselman Eelgrass, a species of seagrass named for its long slippery texture, is one of nature's superheroes. It ...

Genomic research helps explain why some people with a common TP53 mutation widespread in Brazil get cancer while others do ...

Virginia Tech scientists find distinct layers of unique cell typesCredit: Virginia Tech Graduate student Ubadah Sabbagh placed a cold glass ...

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and Radboud University Medical Center ...

Credit: CDC Rotavirus is responsible for more than 130,000 deaths in infants and young children younger than five years, every ...

Dimethylsulfoniopropionate concentration in coral reef invertebrates varies according to species assemblagesCredit: Dr Isis Guibert New research highlights the effect of ...

Credit: Chloe Russell, as featured in her book Up Your A-Z An Encyclopedia On Gut Bacteria The role genetics and ...