Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, uses a sophisticated tactic to evade the human body's defense ...

The Imperial Japanese Army’s Unit 731, operating with Allied prisoners of war, developed deadly diseases like bubonic plague and anthrax for use as biological weapons. Their plan, Operation Cherry ...

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Two Chinese nationals are facing federal charges of conspiracy to smuggle goods into the U.S., and a third is charged with false statements, all related to an investigation of biological materials ...

Fluorescent proteins can be turned into qubits within cells and could give us a deeper understanding of biology at the nanoscale level. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Gain-of-function experiments can help researchers get ahead of viruses naturally gaining the ability to infect people in the wild. But they're also used for many other areas of study within biology.

1 Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States 2 Department of Biology and Chemistry, Changwon National University, Changwon, ...

Source: Via Tenor The human brain has been described as the most complex structure in the universe (Dolan, 2007; see also Pang, 2023). Researchers estimate that we have over 100 trillion connections ...

Atherosclerosis is a chronic vascular inflammatory disease in which macrophages play a pivotal role in modulating its pathology. In response to the intraplaque microenvironment, both pro-inflammatory ...

Last month, over 350 academics, clinicians, and activists signed an open letter titled “Biology is not binary.” Addressed to Bridget Phillipson, the United Kingdom’s Minister for Women and Equalities, ...