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Scientists Use DNA to Quickly Unravel Relationship Between Plants and Insects
March 25, 2013 — It can take years of direct observation for a researcher to fully understand the diets of a community of herbivorous insects in a tropical rain forest. Now, scientists are paving a fast track using ... > full story -
Researchers Alter Mosquito Genome With Goal of Controlling Disease
March 21, 2013 — With a technique called TALENS, scientists used a pair of engineered proteins to disrupt a targeted gene in the mosquito genome, changing the eye color of ensuing generations of the insect. The ... > full story -
Bacteria With Vuvuzelas: Microbes Use a Channel Protein as a Syringe for Toxins
March 20, 2013 — The bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens is a constant companion of some roundworms. These worms assault insect larvae, thereby infecting them with the bacteria; the pathogens then attack the cells of ... > full story -
Discovery of New Drug to Combat Malaria
March 20, 2013 — A new project has yielded a promising new antimalarial drug with the potential to cure the mosquito-borne disease and block its transmission with low ... > full story -
Fungus Uses Copper Detoxification as Crafty Defense Mechanism
March 14, 2013 — A potentially lethal fungal infection appears to gain virulence by being able to anticipate and disarm a hostile immune attack in the lungs, according to a new ... > full story -
Drug Treatment Corrects Autism Symptoms in Mouse Model
March 13, 2013 — Autism results from abnormal cell communication. Testing a new theory, researchers have used a newly discovered function of an old drug to restore cell communications in a mouse model of autism, ... > full story -
Tapeworm DNA Contains Drug Weak Spots: Existing Drugs Could Be Effective in Treating This Damaging Parasite, the First Full Tapeworm Genomes Reveal
March 13, 2013 — Tapeworms cause devastating disease around the world and new treatments are urgently needed. A new study describes possible targets on which currently licensed drugs could act, identified by genome ... > full story -
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New Approaches for Controlling Pesticide Exposure in Children
March 13, 2013 — New research on household pesticide contamination emphasizes the need for less reliance on pesticides and more emphasis on neatness, blocking cracks where insects can enter and other so-called ... > full story -
Indirect Side-Effects of the Cultivation of Genetically Modified Plants
March 13, 2013 — Genetically modified Bt cotton plants contain a poison that protects them from their most significant enemies. As a result, these plants rely less on their own defence system. This benefits other ... > full story -
Genetic Study of House Dust Mites Demonstrates Reversible Evolution
March 8, 2013 — In evolutionary biology, Dollo's law states that evolution is unidirectional and irreversible. But this "law" is not universally accepted and is the topic of heated debate among biologists. Now a ... > full story
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