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To reconstruct the family tree for legumes, researchers compared the DNA sequence of more than 1500 genes that span the diversity of this large plant family. The study helps to uncover the evolution of genes involved in nitrogen fixation.

A new study challenges the idea that gray matter is more important than white matter when it comes to cognitive health and function. The findings may help neurologists better predict the long-term effects of strokes and other forms of traumatic brain injury.

Bacteria contain symmetry in their DNA signals that enable them to be read either forwards or backwards, according to new findings at the University of Birmingham which challenge existing knowledge about gene transcription.

Researchers are laying the groundwork for an effective vaccine for salmonella and other hard-to-treat bacterial infections. In their study, the scientists demonstrate a novel approach to triggering immunity against salmonella.

Researchers have shown that about half of patient-derived pancreatic cancer cell lines are highly dependent or "addicted" to the protein peroxiredoxin 4, as a result of the altered metabolic state of the cancer cell.

Drinking two or more daily sugar-sweetened beverages in adulthood is linked to a doubling in the risk of bowel cancer before the age of 50--at least in women, finds research published online in the journal Gut.

Researchers have identified how 1'-acetoxychavicol acetate can help in the treatment of inflammatory diseases.

To improve diagnosis for patients with complex metastatic cancers, especially those in low-resource settings, researchers at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital developed an artificial intelligence system that uses routinely acquired histology slides to accurately find the origins of metastatic tumors while generating a differential diagnosis.

Atomic point contact Raman scattering paves the way for ultrasensitive atomic-scale vibrational spectroscopy to investigate surface structures.

Researchers have developed new "molecular tweezers" that prevent infection without building antibiotic resistance.