Evaluating the link between chemicals and declining insect populations
Few people are fans of stink bugs, mosquitoes, or boll weevils, but insects play a key role in the circle […]
Genetics
Researchers discover key genetic mutations in bowel cancer cells that lead to resistance to WRN inhibitors microbiologystudy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have discovered key mutations in certain cancer cells that make them resistant to WRN inhibitors,
An individual’s reward-seeking strategy reflects responses to nicotine
Individualistic reward-seeking strategies predict responses to nicotine among mice living in a micro-society, according to a study publishing October 24
Plastic chemical causes causes DNA breakage and chromosome defects in sex cells, study finds microbiologystudy
A new study conducted in roundworms finds that a common plastic ingredient causes breaks in DNA strands, resulting in egg
Consortium creates a robust, open-access platform to define the clinical relevance of genes and variants microbiologystudy
Credit: Genetics in Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2024.101228 The Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen), a resource that works to define the clinical
Beneficial gut microbe has surprising metabolic capabilities
To address childhood malnutrition — which affects 200 million children globally — researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in
Unnoticeable electric currents could reduce skin infections microbiologystudy
Using a few zaps of electricity to the skin, researchers can stop bacterial infections without using any drugs. For the
Shoring up the heart muscle’s intricately designed structures to treat heart failure microbiologystudy
Gene therapy could potentially restore the orderly structure of dyads in heart muscle (as in the top image) and help
Bacterial pathogen shows alarming resistance to common cleaners, chemists discover microbiologystudy
A new study reveals widespread resistance of a major bacterial pathogen to the active ingredients in cleaning agents commonly used