Antigenic variation: Decoding the mechanism controlling antigen activation in trypanosomes microbiologystudy
A new study by LMU and Helmholtz Munich shows how pathogens control changes in their cell surface to evade the […]
Genetics
Researchers discover genomic immunity to koala retrovirus microbiologystudy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research into how a retrovirus is spreading across populations of wild koalas in Queensland, Australia
Scientists discover how to reactivate cancer’s molecular ‘kill switch’ microbiologystudy
A graphic illustration of a poison exon being removed from pre-mRNA. The exclusion of a poison exon allows for tumors
Genetics
New members of the CDKL family of genes linked to neurodevelopmental disorders microbiologystudy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain CDKL5, one of the five members of the CDKL family of genes, is important for proper
How to prevent chronic inflammation from zombie-like cells that accumulate with age microbiologystudy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In humans and other multicellular organisms, cells multiply. This defining feature allows embryos to grow into
Genetics
Did UCLA just cure baldness? How geneticists are reawakening hibernating follicles microbiologystudy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ancient Egyptians rubbed their bald heads with a mixture of dates, dog’s paw and donkey’s hoof;
New steps in call to enact DNA discrimination ban microbiologystudy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Experts are hopeful the Australian Government’s promised ban on life insurers discriminating based on genetic test
New study refines cancer risk assessment for Li-Fraumeni syndrome microbiologystudy
Kaplan-Meier analyses of time to first malignancy in patients stratified according to the results of a yeast assay that measures
Cells ‘speed date’ to find their neighbors when forming tissues microbiologystudy
In developing hearts, cells shuffle around, bumping into each other to find their place, and the stakes are high: pairing