Starving brain cells can stimulate hunger through a common cannibalistic act, possibly explaining why some dieters can’t resist temptation.
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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.
Already reeling from a 20-year losing battle with a devastating disease, the banana variety eaten in the United States is now threatened by a new—but old—enemy.
A study that identified several genes linked to extremely long life has been retracted due to technical errors in the sequencing chips used.
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A method for rapidly replacing stop codons throughout the genetic code of E. coli paves the way for biomanufacturing designer proteins.
The neural nexus of the circadian clock shows signs of functional decline as mice age, providing clues as to why sleep patterns tend to change as people grow older.
New evidence supports an old idea that embryos with genetic abnormalities can somehow fix themselves early in development.
Free radicals, widely believed to promote cancer, may actually slow tumor growth.