The research is opening new frontiers in pest control and evolutionary biology. An international group of scientists has uncovered a strange tubular structure within Profftella, a bacterium that lives ...

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The amount of any given protein in a cell has to be controlled to keep its levels within a range required for healthy ...

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Researchers from The University of Osaka, AIST, Okayama University, and the University of Tokyo applied an innovative ...

A multinational research team has discovered a mysterious tubular structure—previously unknown in any organism—within Profftella, a symbiotic bacterium associated with a major global citrus pest. This ...

UCSF scientists discovered that an overlooked cell type in the brain plays a central role in healing traumatic brain injury.

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Every time a eukaryotic cell divides, it faces a monumental challenge: It must carefully duplicate and divide its genetic ...