Using an inexpensive electrode coated with DNA, MIT researchers have designed disposable diagnostics that could be adapted to detect a variety of diseases, including cancer or infectious diseases such ...

Cooked chickpeas offer around 2.9 mg of iron per 100 gms and dry chickpeas offer around 6.2 mg of iron per 100 gms. They are also rich in protein, fiber, folate, and manganese and other micronutrients ...

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.

“She is undoubtedly the only known case in the world,” said Thierry Peyrard, a medical biologist at Établissement français du ...

In a nutshell Scientists identified 473 “switch-like” genes that act more like on/off light switches than dimmers — either fully active or completely silent. These genetic switches are linked to risks ...

Proteins have specific biological functions in cells through conformational changes and interactions. Therefore, precise, in ...