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Newly discovered gene protects pollen from lethal pressures
Scientists have discovered that farming status among social amoebae is conferred not by genetics, but by an infection
The compound that detectives spray at crime scenes to find trace amounts of blood may be used one day to kill the malaria parasite
In social amoebae, genes for cooperation and for cheating have reached a stalemate.
A publication with 940 undergraduate authors demonstrates that research experiences can be offered to far more students than has traditionally been possible
Redistributed industrial metal is present at levels harmful to bees
A duel between mathematical models supports the reigning theory of the genetics of altruism.
A Washington University in St. Louis drug discovery program has received three grants totaling more than $5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop new therapeutics for respiratory diseases. The target illnesses range from the common cold to life-threatening lung disease.
Scientists have identified a gene that helps regulate how well nerves of the central nervous system are insulated, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report.
Damaged messenger RNA can jam cellular machines that make protein. The failure to clear the jams and chew up bad messengers is associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
As children, it was fascinating to put a flashlight up to our palms to see the light shine through the hand. Washington University in St. Louis engineers are using a similar idea to track movement inside the body’s tissues to improve imaging of cancerous tissues and to develop potential treatments.
Scientists have described a way to convert human skin cells directly into a specific type of brain cell affected by Huntington’s disease, an ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disorder. Unlike other techniques that turn one cell type into another, this new process does not pass through a stem cell phase, avoiding the production of multiple cell types, the study’s authors report.
The government of India’s Department of Biotechnology, Indian corporate leaders and Washington University in St. Louis have invested $2.5 million to launch the Indo-US Advanced Bioenergy Consortium for Second Generation Biofuels (IUABC).
The pharmaceutical industry has withdrawn from the ‘antibiotic space.’ Is it time for research universities to step in?
