Researchers find a slew of new fungal species inhabiting the human gut, and suggest a link to an inflammatory bowel disease.
Researchers find a slew of new fungal species inhabiting the human gut, and suggest a link to an inflammatory bowel disease.
Researchers in Vienna are starting a Phase I trial on the first ever vaccine with a potential to treat the neurodegenerative disease.
How plants pass defenses to offspring through a complex molecular network
Plant research remains grossly underfunded, despite the demand for increased crop production to support a growing population.
Why naked mole-rats and experimental gene therapies remind me of groundbreaking artists.
June 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the June 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Actin filaments respond to pressure by forming branches at their curviest spots, helping resist the push.
Germline stem cells discovered in human ovaries can be cultured into fresh eggs.
Infested plants pass on a defense memory of pests and pathogens to help the next generation withstand invasions.
A protestor is arrested for trying to break into a field of genetically modified wheat at a UK agricultural research station.