A blood protein involved in allergy contributes to the decline in brain function and memory in aging mice.
A blood protein involved in allergy contributes to the decline in brain function and memory in aging mice.
Plant and fungal symbionts swap more resources with partners that provide a greater return of nutrients.
A researcher is repeating the controversial experiments that suggested a bacterium used arsenic rather than phosphorus in its DNA—with the world watching.
Researchers identify an antibody profile that may mark patients who suffer persistent symptoms of the tick-borne disease.
The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in microbiology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000
Gut bacteria that feed on healthy food appear to amplify the nutritional benefits of those foods. However, they also appear to amplify the undesirable effects of unhealthy food. Here are a few examples. Read the full story.
August 1, 2011
Meet some of the people featured in the August 2011 issue of The Scientist.