Phage therapy is but one example of using biological entities to reduce our reliance on antibiotics and other failing chemical solutions.
In Chapter 3, “The Enemy of Our Enemy Is Our Friend: Infecting the Infection,” author Emily Monosson makes the case for bacteriophage therapy in the treatment of infectious disease.
The presence of similar light-emitting enzymes in the distantly related organisms lends new insight into bioluminescence evolution.
Mitochondrial DNA in Neanderthal bone suggests humans first left Africa earlier than previously thought.
Students will not learn the theory in primary and secondary schools nationwide.
Physicians peer into the subjects of artistic masterpieces, and find new perspective on their own approach to diagnosing maladies.
The new fossils push the origin of the human species back by 100,000 years.
Data point to peaks in gene expression in the morning and evening that are distinct from day-night circadian cycles.
In the book’s introduction, author and neuroendocrinologist Robert Sapolsky explains his fascination with the biology of violence and other dark parts of human behavior.
The human brain’s insular cortex is adept at registering distaste for everything from rotten fruit to unfamiliar cultures.
The prominent researcher has been put on administrative leave pending an investigation into unspecified allegations.
The 20-year project calls into question the conventional wisdom about the role plants will play in mitigating future climate change.
The US Senate narrowly approved the politician, who does not have a science background.
Researchers deliver small interfering RNAs loaded into nanoparticles into the ears of adult guinea pigs to regenerate hair cells damaged by noise.
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