Mosquitoes are significant vectors for diseases like malaria, Zika, and dengue fever, which has led to the development of numerous pesticides aimed at controlling their populations. However, these pesticides often have harmful "off-target" effects on beneficial insects, such as pollinators. Understanding mosquito-specific molecular biology is essential for creating new mosquito-specific insecticides that minimize collateral damage. [...]
Science can be beautiful, both conceptually and visually. Here, researchers at the University of Geneva present captivating work detailing the components and assembly of the centrioles, cellular structures vital for organizing the cell’s skeleton, known as the cytoskeleton. Centrioles are crucial for many aspects of cell biology, particularly the formation of the mitotic spindle that [...]
The immune system ages, just like every other tissue. With age, the two “halves” of your immune system (the lymphoid and the myeloid) become unbalanced, resulting in immune dysfunction that makes us vulnerable to infection and the onset of inflammatory diseases. Why does this happen, and is there any way to rejuvenate an aged immune [...]
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Regeneron Science Talent Search and good luck in your future endeavors! Regeneron Science Talent Search
We live in a world inundated with the latest diets and supplements, all promising to enhance our health in various ways. However, dietary and/or supplement studies are notoriously difficult to execute and evaluate, making the actual evidence supporting their purported health benefits elusive. In some cases, fad diets and supplements have proven to be harmful. [...]
Neutrophils are the “foot soldiers” of the immune system: abundant and active, they are the first line of defense when we are exposed to foreign microbial invaders. To confront these invaders, they must first exit the circulatory system and enter infected tissues. Failure in this process, as exemplified by diseases like leukocyte adhesion deficiency-1 (LAD-1), [...]
Summer 2024 workshops are now scheduled, and we are currently accepting applications! In addition to our regular workshops designed for high-achieving high school students, we have expanded both our locations and workshop options. New locations include Columbia University in NYC and Imperial College London, and our new workshops are AI-Enhanced Bioinformatics, Developmental Biology and Astrobiology. [...]
During embryonic development, what are the molecular events that initiate the first heartbeat? If we could understand how the first heartbeat occurs, maybe we could repurpose this knowledge and translate it into a therapy that delays the final one… Researchers from Harvard captured and molecularly characterized this event in real time using various techniques, including [...]
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) affects millions of people, yet its molecular mechanism remains largely unknown. Consequently, there are no approved drugs to alleviate its symptoms, leaving physicians uncertain of how to treat patients with this syndrome. Additionally, there are no definitive diagnostic tests, which often results in many individuals going undiagnosed or being dismissively misdiagnosed [...]
That's a good question.... What is a cell type?