Electron micrograph of C. jejuni in chicken gut. Credit: Griffith University
A team at Griffith's Institute for Glycomics identified a unique sensory structure that is able to bind host-specific sugar and is present on particularly virulent strains of Campylobacter jejuni.
In...
This visual abstract depicts how genetic variants enriched in population specific signals of natural selection and, among Europeans, of Neandertal ancestry play a major role in the differences in transcriptional responses to inflammatory and infectious challenges observed between human...
David Frayer, KU professor emeritus of anthropology, is lead author on a recent study published in the Journal of Evolution that found striations on teeth of a Homo habilis fossil 1.8 million years old moved from left to right,...
A model of the CB1 receptor shows the structure of the receptor in green, along with the stabilizing molecule AM6538 in the central binding pocket. The researchers used this model to examine how different cannabinoid molecules bind to and...
Previously unexplained symptoms found associated with multiple copies of a single gene.
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have identified a genetic explanation for a syndrome characterized by multiple frustrating and difficult-to-treat symptoms, including dizziness and lightheadedness, skin flushing...
In this image of a roundworm (Caenorhabditis elegans), a recently fertilized egg cell (arrow) contains particles of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA, small magenta dots) that are capable of silencing specific genes. A new University of Maryland study shows, for the...
Live fluorescent imaging of hepatitis C viruses (red) seemingly avoiding liver cells that accumulate fat (green) in spite of the virus's well known contribution to fatty liver disease. Credit: Prof. Yaakov Nahmias
Viral infection is one of the leading medical...
Now, a team funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) at the University of Oxford has demonstrated earlier beating of the heart in mouse embryos which, if extrapolated to the human heart, suggests beating as early as 16 days...
A cell on the move. The process of migration shown in images taken with 15 second intervals. The colours show the force needed to migrate – red representing the most force. Credit: Lund University
It’s a known fact that cells...
This is a detail of a representation of a DNA variants map.Credit: Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12989)
Although our knowledge of the human DNA is extensive, it is nowhere near complete. For instance, our knowledge of exactly which changes in our...
Have you ever wondered why our hands have exactly five fingers? Dr. Marie Kmita's team certainly has. The researchers at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal and Université de Montréal have uncovered a part of this mystery, and...
