For the first time, MIT neuroscientists have shown they can control muscle movement by applying optogenetics — a technique that allows scientists to control…
While Western diets have changed dramatically in the last century to become high energy, low fiber, and high fat (think: cheeseburger), our digestive systems,…
Liver disease, or cirrhosis, is currently the fifth leading cause of death in the UK. Cirrhosis patients are more than five times more likely to pick up…
The host insect is far from defenseless, however. In Drosophila (fruit flies), larvae activate humoral immunity in the fat body and mount a robust cellular…
Now research led by Michigan Technological University scientists has identified the molecular mechanism that Populus—the scientific name for common poplars,…
Now research led by Michigan Technological University scientists has identified the molecular mechanism that Populus—the scientific name for common poplars,…