The peptide is used by legumes to control nitrogen-fixing bacteria; it may also offer leads for treating patients with too much heme in their blood.
The paper test measures the level of neutralizing antibodies in a blood sample and could help people decide what protections they should take against infection.
A new device, which doesn’t rely on immunosuppressing drugs, may assist efforts to develop an artificial pancreas to treat diabetes.
Studying speakers of 45 languages, neuroscientists found similar patterns of brain activation and language selectivity.
By tracing the steps of liver regrowth, MIT engineers hope to harness the liver’s regenerative abilities to help treat chronic disease.
Targeting these circuits could offer a new way to reverse motor dysfunction and depression in Parkinson’s patients.
Modeling study suggests that the muffled environment in utero primes the brain’s ability to interpret some types of sound.
Following the successful development of vaccines against Covid-19, scientists hope to deploy mRNA-based therapies to combat many other diseases.
An alternative to methods requiring harsh chemical conditions, the reaction offers a new route to making useful phosphorous-containing compounds.