The discovery opens the possibility of designing drugs for a devastating neurological disease, ALS.Research indicates that ALS, in common with other…
This system, called the “major histocompatibility complex” or MHC, is found in all mammalian immune systems. Although MHC genes are complicated, variable and…
Commonly used in agriculture and medicine, these chemical compounds were not previously known to act on the T1R3 receptor. The T1R3 receptor is a critical…
“Although other receptors have been found on the tongue that are also aroused by glutamate, they are not specific. That is, they need to be in contact with…
The discovery, by scientists in the York Structural Biology Laboratory and the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, will support the development of plants…
A new cancer gene has been discovered by a research group at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The gene causes an insidious form…
The set of proteins synthesized by a cell in turn determines its structure and behaviour, and enables it to survive and reproduce. So it is crucial that the…
There are approximately 40,000 species of spiders in the world, all of which have been thought to be strict predators that feed on insects or other animals….
Now an international constellation of research teams, including one at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, has shown that parts of the genetic…
Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University, the Pasteur Institute in Paris, and Yale University reported in PLoS ONE, a way in which intracellular pathogens…
In fact, the landmark study led by paleobiologist Gregory M. Erickson of The Florida State University has upended the iconic first-known-bird image of…
There are rules governing which types of connections should be established, although it remains unclear how neurons ‘know’ these rules. “Recognition seems to…
Understanding how the human biological clock works is an essential step toward correcting sleep problems like insomnia and jet lag. New insights about the…
If a little vitamin A is good, more must be better, right? Wrong! New research published online in the FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) shows that vitamin…
Pharmaceutical commercials can cause the unsettling feeling that if the disease doesn't kill, the cure will, what with a drug's long list of side effects and…
Insects' colours and their iridescence (the ability to change colours depending on the angle) or their ability to appear metallic are determined by tiny…
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