When, where and how the H5N1 bird flu virus may evolve and its capacity to spark a pandemic is hard to predict — in part, ...

A new study has uncovered a surprising player in ketamine’s rapid antidepressant effects: astrocytes, the star-shaped support ...

Westlake University in China and the California Institute of Technology have designed a protein-based system inside living ...

Biological cells have many vital functions in the organism. For example, they produce proteins, carbohydrates and fats. But ...

A team led by plant biotechnologist Prof Markus Schwarzländer from the University of Münster and biochemist Prof Bruce Morgan from Saarland University has developed new biosensors with which the ratio ...

Research utilizing AI tool AlphaFold has revealed a new protein complex that initiates the fertilization process between ...

Within minutes of fertilization, the egg of a fruit fly becomes a scene from the battle of the sexes. The egg attacks and destroys the cellular “power plants,” or mitochondria, from the sperm that had ...

W ith their hooves crunching over fallen leaves, reindeers dash into white, snowy landscapes—and folklore—as Christmas ...

Pigs pose a particular risk of incubating new viruses, but cats, too, pose a similar risk because of their proximity to ...

Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA) announced a subcontract of up to $9.4M awarded in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University to develop bioelectronic ...

Findings reveal that metabolic enzymes ACSS2 and ACLY regulate T cell exhaustion, linking nutrient metabolism to epigenetic ...