Alexander Levitzki, who is the Wolfson Family Professor of Biochemistry, his research associate, Dr. Alexei Shir, and his colleagues from the…
Led by James Goodson, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience, and detailed in this week's early online edition of the Proceedings of the National…
Its ability to accurately catalog and recall long past encounters with viruses, bacteria and other pathogens is why we only get the measles or chicken pox…
The collaborative team led by UCL Professor Steve Humphries studied the TCF7L2 gene, which was discovered to be implicated in diabetes earlier this year by a…
Cushing disease is caused by pituitary tumors that produce excessive amounts of hormone because the tumor cells have become resistant to negative feedback…
Queen's University researchers have discovered that seeking out the most attractive mate may be unhealthy for any offspring. Using a “virtual fruit fly dating…
For the first time, researchers at MIT can see every vibration of a cell membrane, using a technique that could one day allow scientists to create…
The primary goal of the Fund is to foster VIB proof-of-concept research (technologies, molecular mechanisms of disease …). The Fund focuses on collaborations…
The NICB has received over €34.4 research funding from the HEA under the PRTLI Cycle 3 scheme, and has also received funding from SFI, Atlantic Philanthropies,…
With the support of the award Lie will extend his group of young scientists at the GSF Institute of Development Genetics, which was established in spring 2005….
Magnetic bacteria are found in a variety of aquatic environments, such as ponds and lakes. The strain of bacterium the research team studied, Magnetospirillum…
“What's particularly interesting is that species retained their flagella for different lengths of time and developed different mechanisms of spore dispersal,”…
Sensitivity to pain and the risk of developing chronic pain appear to be influenced by levels of a molecule known to be required for the production of major…
The experimental treatment, reported online in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, is called a STAMP. The acronym stands for “specifically…
In the new work, researchers found that cells in young fruit flies make use of a different mix of molecular DNA-repair mechanisms compared to cells in older…
This stems from the fact that freeloading cheats will evolve to exploit any cooperative group that doesn't defend itself, leading to the breakdown of…
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