New chemical probes provide greater insight on cellular activity
Researchers have developed a novel set of chemical probes to improve real-time imaging of the activity that takes place inside individual cells.
Biotechnology
Jul 11, 2018
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Killer immune cells that halt malaria could hold key to new vaccines
Scientists have revealed that immune cells called natural killer (NK) cells may play a key role in ridding the body of malaria-infected blood cells, a study in eLife reports.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 26, 2018
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Timings and behaviour influence worm's response to force
How worms respond to signals such as taps or touches depends on details of the signal, including whether it increases or decreases, and on what the animal is doing at the time, says Andrew Leifer and his team of researchers ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 26, 2018
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Scientists reveal how gut microbes 'recover' after antibiotic treatment
New insight on how antibiotics affect the gut microbiome—the community of microbes that live inside us—has been published in the journal eLife.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 19, 2018
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Pigs that digest their nutrients could reduce pork industry's carbon footprint
Giving pigs the ability to digest more nutrients in their grains could help reduce the pork industry's environmental impact, says new research published in eLife.
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2018
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New model could help build communities of climate change-defying trees
Researchers in Australia have developed a model to help build plant communities that are more resilient to climate change.
Ecology
Apr 24, 2018
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New insight into unique plant chemical could inform future drug development
Researchers have unearthed new insight into a plant compound that could be used to help develop improved herbicides and treatments for human disease.
Biotechnology
Dec 12, 2017
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Scientists unlock planthoppers' potential to control future crop disease outbreaks
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Zoology have discovered how a severe rice virus reproduces inside the small brown planthopper, a major carrier of the virus.
Plants & Animals
Jul 18, 2017
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Insect 'anti-antiaphrodisiac' tells males when females are ready to mate
Researchers have identified a pheromone released by female insects after mating that tells males exactly when they are ready to mate again.
Plants & Animals
Jul 11, 2017
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Viral fossils reveal how our ancestors may have eliminated an ancient infection
Scientists have uncovered how our ancestors may have wiped out an ancient retrovirus around 11 million years ago.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2017
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