Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Ancient Symbiosis: Microbes and Animal Survival

Like humans, many animals depend on beneficial microbes for survival. Although such symbioses can persist for millions of years, the factors maintaining their…

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Moth Study Reveals Hidden Impacts of Climate Change

The study analyzed populations of 80 moth species and found that 90 percent of them were either stable or increasing throughout the study period, from 1978 to…

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German Research Foundation Launches New Life Sciences Program

In recent years, it has become clear that the genetic code is far more complex than previously assumed. In addition to the well-known building blocks adenine,…

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Targeted Chemotherapy Innovations: Advancing Cancer Treatment

Significant advances have been made in chemotherapy over the past decade, but targeting drugs to cancer cells while avoiding healthy tissues continues to be a…

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Climate change a likely culprit in coqui frog's altered calls, say UCLA biologists

Authored by Peter Narins, UCLA distinguished professor of integrative biology and physiology and of ecology and evolutionary biology, and Sebastiaan…

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Plague Alters Cell Death Mechanisms in Host Cells

Northwestern Medicine scientists are continuing to unravel the molecular changes that underlie one of the world's deadliest and most infamous respiratory…

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Versatile Microcapsules: Innovations in Biomedicine and Tech

Microcapsules with a broad spectrum of applications in biomedicine, catalysis, and technology can be produced by using plant-derived, phenolic tannic acid and…

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Researchers describe four new species of “killer sponges” from the deep sea

Scientists first discovered that some sponges are carnivorous about 20 years ago. Since then only seven carnivorous species have been found in all of the…

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Mapping Gene Expression: New Insights into Disease Causes

Pinpointing the genetic causes of common diseases is not easy, as multiple genes may be involved with a disease. Moreover, disease-causing variants in DNA…

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Sibling Cooperation in Earwig Families Sheds Light on Social Behavior

Looking at the question of how social behavior has developed over the course of evolution, scientists from the universities in Mainz and Basel have gained new…

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Mapping Gene Expression: New Insights into Disease Causes

Pinpointing the genetic causes of common diseases is not easy, as multiple genes may be involved with a disease. Moreover, disease-causing variants in DNA…

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Virus-Fighting Genes Linked to Cancer Development Insights

Researchers have found a major piece of genetic evidence that confirms the role of a group of virus-fighting genes in cancer development.

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New mouse model could revolutionize research in Alzheimer's disease

In Japan, the burden of the disease in 2050 is estimated to be a half a trillion US dollars, a figure equivalent to the government's annual revenues.

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How Ivermectin Affects Beneficial Organisms Differently

The substance ivermectin has been used for more than thirty years all over the world to combat parasites like roundworms, lice and mites in humans, livestock…

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Silly Putty Ingredient Boosts Stem Cell Therapy Potential

The researchers coaxed human embryonic stem cells to turn into working spinal cord cells more efficiently by growing the cells on a soft, utrafine carpet made…

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The taming of the shrew – The bicoloured shrew is a health risk for horses

The Borna disease – named after the German city of Borna, which saw a cluster of cases over 100 years ago – mainly affects horses and sheep, and in rare cases…

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