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Little is known about the biology and the genetic status of the Caucasian Lynx (Lynx lynx dinniki), a subspecies of the Eurasian lynx distributed across portions of Turkey, the Caucasus region and Iran. To collect baseline genetic, ecological, and behavioural data and assist future conservation efforts, a team of scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) collected data and samples in a region of Anatolian Turkey over several years.

Human exposure to unnecessary and potentially harmful chemicals could be greatly reduced if manufacturers add chemicals only when they are truly essential in terms of health, safety and functioning of society.

Researchers who sequenced the fecal samples of over 3,000 healthy volunteers recently described the so-called B2 enterotype, which is deficient in some anti-inflammatory bacteria. Today, they published more data, showing the high prevalence of this particular enterotype across multiple disease diagnoses.

Giraldez and his research team at Yale found that two specific factors are needed to activate DNA in the newly formed genome.

Finding a noninvasive diagnostic method for inflammatory bowel disease would remove the reliance on endoscopy, which is invasive and does not provide information on specific mediators.

New research may explain why an antioxidant that protects the brain is also associated with deterioration in areas susceptible to Alzheimer’s disease. The antioxidant, superoxide dismutase or SOD1, improves cognition, but an Iowa State University research team found SOD1’s protective benefits dramatically weaken when levels of tau proteins – a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease – increase.

Biochemist Brandon Jutras has discovered the cellular component that contributes to Lyme arthritis, a debilitating and extremely painful condition – the most common late stage symptom of Lyme disease.

Supplementing cattle feed with seaweed could result in a significant reduction in methane belched by livestock, but researchers caution that the practice may not be a realistic strategy to battle climate change.

A new study describes a large profile of mouse neuron types based on two important characteristics of the cells: their 3D shape and their electrical behavior. The study, which yielded the largest dataset of its kind from the adult laboratory mouse to date, is part of a larger effort to discover the brain's "periodic table" through large-scale explorations of brain cell types.

There is uncertainty around the use of inflammatory marker tests as non-specific markers for ruling out underlying disease in primary care.