Sheng Wang leaves the Boston University School of Medicine and agrees to retract two published studies.
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Sheng Wang leaves the Boston University School of Medicine and agrees to retract two published studies.
Improved immunization efforts are required to prevent infections during the first 6 months of life, when newborn and infants are highly susceptible to disease.
Researchers use directed evolution to create a bacterial strain that substitutes a synthetic base for thymine.
The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.
Starving brain cells can stimulate hunger through a common cannibalistic act, possibly explaining why some dieters can’t resist temptation.
Protein interaction networks in Arabidopsis give clues to plant evolution and immunity.
The discovery of a new bird-like fossil challenges longstanding theories about which species of dinosaur gave rise to the avian lineage.
Conservation biologists must reflect on the nation’s changing demographics to save the organisms they strive to protect.
Unlike human brains, chimpanzee brains don’t get smaller as they age, suggesting that pronounced neurological decline is a uniquely human byproduct of our oversized brains and extreme longevity.
To meet the agricultural demands of the growing population, appropriate technology transfer incentives are a must.