First Life, Radioactivity, Brain Bugs, Life of Earth
August 1, 2011
Meet some of the people featured in the August 2011 issue of The Scientist.
Gut bacteria may be the missing piece that explains the connection between diet and cancer risk.
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.
A UK panel puts forth guidelines for research that use experimental animals harboring human cells and tissues.
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A study that identified several genes linked to extremely long life has been retracted due to technical errors in the sequencing chips used.
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in genomics, genetics, and related areas, from Faculty of 1000
Non-African people carry remnants of the Neanderthal X chromosome, suggesting interbreeding with early human ancestors.
A method for rapidly replacing stop codons throughout the genetic code of E. coli paves the way for biomanufacturing designer proteins.