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A new breakthrough in developing effective antimalarial drugs
Parasites in the genus Plasmodium, which cause malaria, are transmitted to humans through bites from infected mosquitoes. The parasites manage to acclimatize to these...
How fish fins evolved just before the transition to land
Research on fossilized fish details the evolution of fins as they began to transition into limbs fit for walking on land.
The mysterious case of the ornamented coot chicks has a surprising explanation
The American coot is a somewhat drab water bird with gray and black feathers and a white beak, common in wetlands throughout North America....
Objective subtle cognitive difficulties predict amyloid accumulation and neurodegeneration
Researchers report that accumulating amyloid protein occurred faster among persons deemed to have 'objectively-defined subtle cognitive difficulties' (Obj-SCD) than among persons considered to be...
Combining neurologic and blood pressure drugs reduces breast tumor development in mice
Adding a medication used to treat epilepsy, bipolar disorder and migraines to a blood pressure medicine reversed some aspects of breast cancer in the...
From crab studies, a broader approach to identifying brain cells
In a new study, a team tests the notion that a cell's identity can be described solely by the genes it expresses. The study...
