Sugar Shields Versus A Hostile Microenvironment
You might think of cancer as a mass of rogue cells that grow uncontrollably. But cancer is more organized and strategic than that. Rather, cancer is a tightly controlled cellular neighborhood that...
Genetics & Molecular Biology
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Evolution
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You Laugh Like An Ape
All living great apes laugh, and of course humans do as well.
Microbiology
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Why Raw Dairy Farms In California Accelerated The H5N1 Bird Flu Pandemic
Californis is the largest dairy producer in the United States. It is also the most anti-science state, distrustful of the modern world. That is why coastal cities had measles parties until the...
Ecology & Zoology
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Ground-Nesting Bee Populations Don't Get Publicity But They're Everywhere
Honeybees get attention in environmental fundraising campaigns because people don't understand pollination.(1)
Immunology
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RFK Jr Is Wrong About MRNA Vaccines - They Make COVID-19 Less Deadly
US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has announced he is cancelling US$500 million (£374 million) of research into mRNA vaccines, citing unproven concerns about their safety and long-term...
Neuroscience
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AI And Brain: A New Gold-Open-Access Journal
Am thrilled to report here that Scilight just launched a new gold open-access journal, "AI and Brain", of which I am the editor in chief. Below you can see the front page of a leaflet I will soon be...
Video: Biologically Engineered Super Mice
Case Western Reserve University researchers have bred a line of 'super mice' (PEPCK-Cmus mice) that have the capability of running five to six kilometers at a speed of 20 meters per minute on a…
Hacking The Immune System
There are multiple reasons why the world is still plagued by diseases we cannot treat or vaccinate against and the overall complexity of the human immune system is one of them - in fact, say Danish…
Scientists Alter Sexual Orientation In Worms
University of Utah biologists genetically manipulated nematode worms so the animals were attracted to worms of the same sex – part of a study that shows sexual orientation is wired in the creatures’…
Ciliopathies And Sense Of Touch
Cilia, tail-like projections found on the surface of cells, are perhaps best known as molecular flippers that help cells move around. Recently, researchers have found that cilia are important for…
Cross-Species Transplant Is Step Toward Diabetes Cure
With an eye on curing diabetes, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have successfully transplanted embryonic pig pancreatic cells destined to produce insulin into…
Genome Backlog Yields New Discoveries In E. Coli Research
Sifting through the massive backlog of microbial genome sequences from the public databases the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute identified genes that kill the bacteria employed in the…
Ubiquitin: The Tiny Protein That Is The 'Glue' Inside The Cell
Ubiquitin is a small protein, which can be attached to other cellular proteins. A study headed by the Junior Group of Dr. Daniel Krappmann (GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health,…
New Theory On Rapid Evolution Of Sex Chromosomes
In animals with separate sexes, embryos commit to becoming male or female at an early stage. Often this key decision is made by sex determination genes on the sex chromosomes.
The genes involved in…
Nature's Oldest Aphrodisiac: Cryptochromes Under The Light Of The Moon
Ancient, light-sensitive cryptochromes occur in corals, insects, fish and mammals - including humans - and are primitive light-sensing pigment mechanisms which predate the evolution of eyes.
New…
Smad Ubiquitination Regulatory Factors: The 'Smurfs' That Make Knees Ache
A new clinical trial seeks to predict who is most likely to experience osteoarthritis, and to test whether an experimental treatment can prevent it altogether. Physicians are setting their sights on…
