For nearly half a century, scientists have known that malaria parasites force their way into human red blood cells through a ring-shaped structure called the moving junction. What no one could work ...

The study, led by Monash University researchers and published in Cell, finds that the brain's complex wiring diagram, or cortical connectome, does not form at random but follows predictable patterns ...

RNA interference is a natural mechanism for living cells to control whether specific genes are being used. Crowned with the ...

Colorized electron micrograph showing a malaria parasite (blue) attaching to a human red blood cell. Photo credit: National ...

For nearly half a century, scientists have known that malaria parasites force their way into human red blood cells through a ...

The autoimmunity associated with type 1 diabetes often begins in the first years of life, and the diagnosis of type 2 ...

A four-decade effort uncovered the molecular structure of PKCβ, revealing how the protein is activated and how the breast ...

Cucumber peel color can decide whether a fruit looks fresh, desirable, and worth buying. In many markets, especially in ...

For decades, scientists trying to build better catalysts have relied on a single guiding principle: there is one sweet spot, ...

RNA interference is a natural mechanism for living cells to control whether specific genes are being used or not.

Antibodies targeting tumors can be powerful weapons to fight cancer , if they reach their intended target. But, particularly in solid tumors, it can ...

Synonymous DNA substitutions have often been viewed as quiet changes because they do not alter the amino acid sequence of a ...