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New Class of Highly Potent Antimalarial Compounds Discovered
July 9, 2013 — Despite renewed global efforts for eradication, malaria continues to exert devastating effects on human health. An estimated 220 million people are infected each year by malaria-causing Plasmodium ... > full story -
Tiny New Catfish Species Found in Rio Paraíba Do Sul Basin, Brazil
July 9, 2013 — A new diminutive species of catfish was found in Rio Paraíba do Sul basin in Brazil. The genus to which the new Pareiorhina hyptiorhachis belongs represents a group of species endemic to ... > full story -
Consuming Soy Peptide May Reduce Colon Cancer Metastasis
July 8, 2013 — After a recent study showed that injection of the soy peptide lunasin dramatically reduced colon cancer metastasis in mice, researchers were eager to see how making lunasin part of the animals’ ... > full story -
Live Fast, Die Young: Long-Lived Mice Are Less Active, Biologists Find
July 4, 2013 — Female mice with a high life expectancy are less active and less explorative. They also eat less than their fellow females with a lower life expectancy. Behavioral biologists reveal that there is a ... > full story -
Development of Hands and Feet May Help Unlock Evolution's Toolkit
July 3, 2013 — Thousands of sequences that control genes are active in the developing human limb and may have driven the evolution of the human hand and foot, a comparative genomics study has ... > full story -
Seeing Cilia: Lighting the Dark
July 2, 2013 — Tagging a protein only found in cilia with a fluorescent protein (GFP) enables us to see the intricate working of cilia in live ... > full story -
Vitamin C Helps Control Gene Activity in Stem Cells
July 1, 2013 — Vitamin C affects whether genes are switched on or off inside mouse stem cells, and may thereby play a previously unknown and fundamental role in helping to guide normal development in mice, humans ... > full story -
Inactivation of Taste Genes Causes Male Sterility
July 1, 2013 — Scientists report the surprising finding that two proteins involved in oral taste detection also play a crucial role in sperm development. In addition, the human form of one protein is blocked by the ... > full story -
How the Body Aids and Abets the Spread of Cancer
July 1, 2013 — The very system that is meant to protect the body from invasion may be a traitor. These new findings reveal that infection-fighting white blood cells play a role in activating cancer cells and ... > full story -
Different Neuronal Groups Govern Right-Left Alternation When Walking
June 30, 2013 — Scientists have identified the neuronal circuits in the spinal cord of mice that control the ability to produce the alternating movements of the legs during walking. The study demonstrates that two ... > full story
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