Some pathogens use temperature as a trigger and activate virulence only after entering the warmer environment of a host. A ...

A deadly parasite responsible for sleeping sickness has been found using a surprisingly precise trick to stay hidden in the ...

A parasite that lives in human blood has been pulling off a strange trick for decades. It covers itself in a dense coat of ...

A Rutgers Cancer Institute study in Cell Reports Medicine promises help with both those problems. It identifies a protein ...

Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) has emerged as a critical player in both neurological and peripheral diseases. In a ...

Scientists have unraveled a 40‑year‑old mystery at the heart of sleeping sickness, uncovering how a deadly parasite behind ...

A stealthy parasite behind deadly sleeping sickness has been caught using an astonishing trick to evade the human immune system. Credit: Shutterstock A deadly parasite stays hidden by shredding its ...

Wildfire smoke is teeming with them. Researchers have employed them to develop energy-dense biofuels like rocket, marine, and jet fuels. Scientists have engineered rice paddies that interact ...

Regulation by miRNA: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) help cells control which genes are active. They themselves must also be regulated—specifically through their degradation. Interaction of two signals: Cells ...

Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines are one of the most-used cell-based protein expression systems for therapeutics, thanks to their ability to support post-translational modifications such as ...