New research using publicly-shared DNA barcodes and citizen science images have provided new evidence on the establishment and spread of a biological control agent used for the control of the major ...

Agriculture today faces unprecedented challenges due to climate change, which has notably impacted crop productivity through altered weather patterns, ...

Neurons damaged and stunted by disease find new life in the lab when exposed to the plant-derived compound. The chemical comes from the fruit of this extraordinarily versatile plant. Gardenia ...

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Iowa has indicated that regular physical activity plays an important role in preventing chronic diseases; patients who stated that they were ...

A new study led by the University of Oxford has used a modeling approach to show that it is unlikely that plants would evolve to warn other plants of impending attack. Instead of using their ...

The disease is driven by genetic mutations and the reprogramming of metabolic processes to meet the heightened energy demands of malignant cell growth, proliferation and survival. Gaining insights ...

Scientists have discovered and continue to search for the genetic defects that cause other forms of muscular dystrophy. Most of the muscular dystrophies are a form of inherited disease called X ...

They report that eighty to ninety percent of cases were detectable, as stated in the American Journal of Human Genetics. Rare diseases are typically due to genetic causes. These causes are more ...