The probe mimics pathogen's amino acids, solving mystery behind Chlamydiae cell wall.

The team of Johannes Zuber at the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna, Austria, managed to overcome remaining key limitations of RNA interference (RNAi) - a unique method to specifically shut off genes. By using an optimized design, the scientists were able to inhibit genes with greatly enhanced efficiency and accuracy. The new method facilitates the search for drug targets and improves the interpretation of experimental results. The IMP will make this „RNAi toolkit“ available to researchers. Results of the study are published in the current issue of Cell Reports.

Through lotions, shampoos and other personal care products (PCPs), infants and toddlers are likely becoming exposed to potentially harmful substances, called parabens, at an even higher level than adult women in the U.S., researchers have reported. They published their findings on parabens, which have been linked to reproductive and other health issues, in the American Chemical Society journal Environmental Science & Technology.

A team of University of Arizona researchers is looking at ways to grow strawberries hydroponically in a greenhouse.

PhD candidate Christina Turi examines medicinal potential of BC’s native plants.

Scientists have discovered huge reserves of freshwater beneath the oceans kilometres out to sea, providing new opportunities to stave off a looming global water crisis.

Top Researchers to Present Integrated Approaches to Disease Research, Drug Development.

Despite widespread fascination with sharks, the world’s oldest ocean predators have long been a genetic mystery. The first deep dive into a great white shark’s genetic code has fished up big surprises behind a design so effective it has barely changed since before dinosaurs roamed.

Scientists have been combining new and old approaches to refine sequencing, but challenges remain 

Philip Schwartz, PhD, supervisor and senior scientist and director of the National Human Neural Stem Cell Resource at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County Research Institute, talks to Contributing Editor Tanuja Koppal, PhD, about the subtle particulars and expertise needed to design and maintain a laboratory dedicated to culturing stem cells.