Genetics & Molecular Biology

A new study in Biological Chemistry suggests that Vitamin D, readily available in supplements or cod liver oil, may counter the effects of Crohn's disease. Researchers from McGill University and the…

Photosynthesizing sea slugs take 'you are what you eat' to an extreme: by eating photosynthesizing algae, these "solar-powered" sea slugs are able to live off photosynthesis for months. How does this…

I've lamented multiple times the negative influence on scientific culture of some trends in the use of computational tools to analyze large datasets, particularly in biology. Over at Nobel Intent,…

Production of recombinant proteins in plants for pharmaceutical use   Preťová Anna, Klubicová Katarína, Obert Bohuš   Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of…

Nature has put up some free pieces on syntehtic and systems biology on their Synthetic Systems Biology Web Focus. Unfortunately they haven't made it all free, but you can go read this one: Five hard…

Biologists know that Chaperonins ensure proteins are folded properly to carry out their assigned roles in cells, and according to a new letter published in Nature, they may also know how these…

Genetic (in)stability in Hypericum perforatum L.: physiological and induced sources of genetic variation Eva CELLAROVA, Matus SKYBA, Jan KOSUTH PAVOL JOZEF SAFARIK UNIVERSITY IN KOSICE, FACULTY OF…

“In vitro propagation of stone pine (Pinus pinea L). Molecular and physiological bases” Ana Rodríguez, Candela Cuesta, Millán Cortizo, Belén Fernández and Ricardo Ordás Área de Fisiología Vegetal.…

 Iowa State University researchers say they have discovered how the Ebola Virus is able to elude the immune response of host cells that it invades. The problem has stumped scientists for many…

Chloroplasts are photosynthetic organelles containing a part of plant genome usually called plastome. Introduction of foreign genes into plastids and creation of transplastomic plants has some…