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Recently discovered genetic knowledge of two nuisance western honey bee subspecies will help commercial and hobby beekeepers with identification.

Researchers have discovered a way to modify the message containing the instruction for CFTR, forcing the protein-making machinery to skip over this “stop sign” mutation, which allows a functional version of the protein to be made.

A study has characterized the evolution of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, establishing that Omicron is the result of adaptive evolution rather than recombination of previous variants.

A Zika virus vaccine candidate is effective at preventing the Zika virus passing from mother to fetus in preclinical animal studies, according to a new study in the journal npj Vaccines.

Scientists have developed a custom microscope to image microbes in soil and plants at the micrometer scale.

A team of researchers has recently published one of the most comprehensive ocular pharmacokinetic studies that investigated the metabolism of four drugs in the rabbit eye (acetaminophen, brimonidine, cefuroxime axetil, sunitinib).

A research team has re-analyzed all public RNA sequencing data to uncover almost ten times more RNA viruses than were previously known, including several new species of coronaviruses.

Researchers find potentially non-hallucinatory psychedelic compounds by examining crystal structures.

Accepted wisdom around dog domestication has been turned on its head with the publication of a new study. It reveals that a gene mutation that helped breed tiny dogs – like the Pomeranian and Toy Poodle – is actually an ancient part of the dog genome, also found in the DNA of a 53,000-year-old Siberian wolf.

A new study has adopted a multi-omics methodology to explore potential links between diet, the microbiome and the immune response in multiple sclerosis (MS). The results are published in EBioMedicine.