Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have reconciled two closely related but contentious mechanisms underlying ...

Like all complex organisms, every human originates from a single cell that multiplies through countless cell divisions.

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Oropouche virus disease was a relatively rare illness for decades, lurking on the margins of tropical rainforests in the Caribbean and South America. Sporadic reports of an infection causing fevers, ...

Famous physiologist August Krogh developed a principle stating that for any particular scientific question there is an organism ideally suited to studying it. We flip Krogh’s principle on its head by ...

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Many cellular processes that unfold in the human body can be replicated in yeast as a research proxy. “Yeast is very important as a model organism for biotechnology and also for human health,” Cai ...

The eukaryotes invented organization, if we use the literal definition of “organize”: to be furnished with organs. Inside a eukaryotic cell are self-contained, membrane-bound bundles that perform ...

These tiny, resilient organisms appear to live life at a slower pace, scarcely evolving over geological periods, thus offering a chance to peek back in time. Now, researchers have found living ...

Importantly, these multicellular organisms have a finite life span, naturally degrading after four to six weeks. This “kill switch” prevents the growth of potentially invasive cells.

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