Indian scientists helped identify protein ARK1, which is vital for malaria parasite division. This discovery offers a "blueprint" for new drugs that target the parasite without harming human cells.

Researchers found that vertebrate eyes - including humans’ - began as brain tissue from a single ancestral light-sensing organ.

On the occasion of Rare Disease Day, the Biofisika Institute (CSIC, EHU) presents the progress of a project aimed at understanding the molecular origin of CTNNB1 neurodevelopmental syndrome, a rare ...

Hantaviruses, transmitted from rodents to people, have a death rate approaching 40%. They're found around the world, and because there are no approved vaccines or treatments, they're among the ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that giant embryonic cells divide—without relying on the classic “purse-string” ring long thought essential for splitting a cell in two. Studying ...

A yellow disk with rays of white—an icon of childhood drawings and a flower with healing properties. We have picnics on it, ...

A new bioengineered neuronal circuit board "BioConNet" allows scientists to artificially engineer human brain-like wiring at scale and can be used to engineer any possible circuit. The fully ...

MIT researchers have uncovered chemical evidence suggesting that ancient sea sponges were among the first animals on Earth, ...

By freezing a crucial phosphoric acid complex to near absolute zero, scientists uncovered a single, unexpectedly stable structure at the heart of proton transport.

Your gastrointestinal tract is communicating with you by giving you feedback through your stool,” says Dr Robynne Chutkan, ...