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Life and Death of an "Altruistic" Bacterium

A new study led by Yves Brun shows how some bacteria living in a biofilm sacrifice themselves to ensure the survival of the community.

Agriculture Makes the Weed

How intensive agriculture turned a wild plant into a pervasive weed

Nematode Teeth Consist of Chitin

Genetically modified worms may make us rethink invertebrate evolution

More Flexible Than Previously Thought: Worms Give Us New Insights into the Evolution and Diversification of TGF-b Signaling Pathways

The TGF-ß cellular signaling network, essential to various functions in all metazoans and also involved in many severe human pathologies like autoimmune diseases and cancer, is more flexible than previously thought.

Mapping the Communications Hub of the Brain

New insights about the thalamus may improve understanding of brain disorders and intervention

Cabbage White Butterflies Utilize Two Gut Enzymes for Maximum Flexibility in Deactivating Mustard Oil Bombs

Depending on the composition of the defensive toxins of their host plants, the insects use two different complementary enzymes for detoxification

Israeli study identifies country of origin with genetic variants in Familial Mediterranean fever

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common hereditary autoinflammatory disease, mostly affecting people of Middle Eastern or Mediterranean origin.