An international team of researchers has successfully sequenced, assembled and analyzed the genome of the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), an enigmatic...
Enterococci are hardy microbes that thrive in the gastrointestinal tracts of nearly all land animals, including our own, and generally cause no harm. So...
A new study, conducted before and after the 2004 closure of a coal-burning power plant in China, found children born before the closure had shorter telomeres...
In a scientific first, a research team led by Gladstone Institutes scientists turned mouse skin cells into so-called induced pluripotent stem cells by...
Many of the genes involved in natural repair of the injured spinal cord of a fish called the lamprey are also active in the repair of the peripheral nervous...
Individuals have wide-ranging physiological responses to the same species of pathogen. Researchers have demonstrated that different strains of a given...
There are approximately 42 million protein molecules in a simple cell, according to University of Toronto’s Professor Grant Brown and co-authors.
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A team of researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and the University of Cambridge, UK, has shown...
Vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone, is released from the brain, and known to work in the kidney, suppressing a process called diuresis. According...
An international team of researchers led by Karolinska Institutet scientists has successfully sequenced and analyzed the genome of a species of salamander...
Viruses can transfer genes to organisms they are not known to infect, including organisms in different domains (superkingdoms) of life, according to a...
A diet that makes one individual lean and healthy might have the complete opposite effect on another, according to a new study published in the journal...
A team of researchers from the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and the Amway Botanical Research Center...
Vanillin, one of the most widely used flavoring products worldwide, is an effective bioactive compound against psoriatic skin inflammation, according to...
An international team of researchers has produced the first high-quality genome sequence for the bottle gourd, also known as calabash, and reconstructed...
According to a new study from the Universities of Bath and Nottingham, UK, regularly eating breakfast affects fat cells by decreasing the activity of genes...
Ajoene, an active sulfurous compound found in garlic, is able to destroy important components in the communication systems of Staphylococcus aureus and...
Cinnamaldehyde, an essential oil that gives cinnamon its flavor, activates thermogenic and metabolic responses in fat cells, or adipocytes, according to...
A detailed comparative analysis of adult human, chimpanzee, and macaque brains shows that all regions of the human brain have molecular signatures very...
An international team of scientists from the Johns Hopkins University, Pacific Biosciences, and Earlham Institute has produced the first near-complete...
