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New Computational Method Builds Detailed Maps Of Human Tissues

Clinical trials inform clinical care, and absence of racial and ethnic inclusivity from research studies harms health of population

Why Fish Look Down When They Swim

Simulations show quirky behavior helps fish estimate swimming direction and speed

Rewriting the Textbook on Gene Regulation: It’s the Big Picture That Counts

UC San Diego researchers rethink the central dogma of molecular biology

Experts from 14 Nations Discuss Global Gene Drive Project Registry

Advances in gene editing technologies are allowing for the development of potential new strategies for vector-borne disease control, pest management and conservation by genetically modifying organisms in a laboratory.

Researchers Identify Elusive Carbon Dioxide Sensor in Plants that Controls Water Loss

Surprised biologists discover how two proteins work together to form long-sought plant water loss-regulating sensor, carrying implications for trees, crops and wildfires

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.

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

Mapping the Communications Hub of the Brain

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

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.

Nematode Teeth Consist of Chitin

Genetically modified worms may make us rethink invertebrate evolution

Agriculture Makes the Weed

How intensive agriculture turned a wild plant into a pervasive weed

The Three Dimensions of a Flower

Montreal biologists publish a study demonstrating that photogrammetry allows rapid and precise three-dimensional reconstruction of flowers from two-dimensional images.

Incurable Neurodegenerative Myelin Diseases: a Hopeful Advance

A study shows that Riluzole could be effective in the treatment of certain leukodystrophies, neurodegenerative diseases that attack the myelin in the brain of young children.

Which States Have The Highest Living Standards? (And More!)

It’s time to take a few steps back, build up a head of steam and dive headfirst into our favorite descriptive data sets and reader questions. Here’s the latest Data Dive!

Native Hawaiian Colorectal Cancer Patients Twice As Likely To Die From Sepsis

In Hawaiʻi, Native Hawaiian cancer patients have a two-fold increased risk of dying from sepsis, a life-threatening immune response to an infection, compared to other ethnicities, according to a new study co-authored by University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researchers.

Mosquitoes, Wild Pigs, and How Urban Planning Can Help Mitigate Disease

The first major professional conference that Pallavi Kache ever attended was an international symposium focused on wild pigs.

El Niño ‘Flavors’ Help Unravel Past Variability, Future Response To Climate Change

As with many natural phenomena, scientists look to the climate of the past to understand what may lie ahead as Earth warms.

Startup’s Headset to Treat Alzheimer’s Will Undergo Wide Trial With Patients

(Bloomberg) -- Cognito Therapeutics Inc. became the latest company to secure a large-scale trial to treat Alzheimer’s disease. Unlike most other remedies in development today, this one involves a device rather than medicine.