The enzyme is human kynurenine aminotransferase II (KAT II), which regulates the activity of the neurotransmitter system that is activated by glutamate, the…
Studying the mitochondrial DNA of 165 Black Rat specimens from 32 countries around the world, an international team of scientists has identified six distinct…
A new process for catching gas from the environment and holding it indefinitely in molecular-sized containers has been developed by a team of University of…
All multicellular organisms are in an arms-race against the vast armies of rapidly mutating microbial pathogens that are seeking access to their rich stores of…
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)-the most common form of leukemia in adults-arises from a special type of white blood corpuscle, B lymphocytes, which…
This discovery, published in the latest issue of the journal Science, may mean, among other things, that some women who have been affected by childlessness can…
Ivermectin, a medicine capable of killing the parasite embryos (the microfilariae) circulating in the organism of patients and temporarily interrupting the…
Perhaps only the parsnip webworm gets less respect. An age-old enemy of the parsnip, the webworm is one of very few insects able to overcome the plant’s…
HTLV-1 is a retrovirus that causes adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL). A single protein made by the virus, Tax, is thought to be enough to trigger cancer…
What is the genetic mutation“Originally, we all had brown eyes”, said Professor Eiberg from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology. “But a genetic…
Findings of the study, involving more than 11,000 cats, are reported in the cover article of the January issue of the journal Genomics.”This study confirms…
Cigarette smoking is the largest preventable source of death and disability in the USA, contributing to ~ 400,000 deaths annually. Despite widespread knowledge…
The beeps, chirps and whistles made by some hummingbirds and thought to be vocal are actually created by the birds' tail feathers, according to a study by two…
Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) in collaboration with Austin-based Stellar Micro Devices, Inc. (SMD) have developed prototypes of a…
Edward Marcotte and his colleague, postdoctoral researcher Insuk Lee, used the gene network technique to identify new genes that regulate life span and are…
Native fruit species that have fed Africans for thousands of years — such as butterfruit and ebony — are now largely neglected and displaced by non-native…
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