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The research team at the University of Bradford has come up with a new model that can be used to develop screening tests for both genes and chemical compounds. They believe this could help scientists more effectively spot promising targets for drug development work.

According to a new study, almost 36 billion tons of soil is lost every year due to water, and deforestation and other changes in land use make the problem worse. The study also offers ideas on how agriculture can change to become a part of the solution from being part of the problem.

Antimicrobial compounds added to preserve food during storage are believed to be benign and non-toxic to the consumer, but there is “a critical scientific gap in understanding the potential interactions” they may have with the hundreds of species of microbes in our intestines.

Researchers have confirmed that microscopic fossils discovered in a nearly 3.5 billion-year-old piece of rock in Western Australia are the oldest fossils ever found and indeed the earliest direct evidence of life on Earth.

A spoonful of sugar may make the medicine go down, but understanding what happens to that sugar in the cell is far more complicated than simple digestion, according to researchers. For sugars to metabolize and provide energy to the cells, a series of enzymes must each, in turn, break down a reactant. Similar enzyme cascades are responsible for many metabolic processes in the body.

The most lethal form of breast cancer could have a new treatment option, according to new research out of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Researchers have designed new anti-viral nanoparticles that bind to a range of viruses. Unlike other broad-spectrum antivirals, which simply prevent viruses from infecting cells, the new nanoparticles destroy viruses.

Researchers have found that resistance genes spread between the bacteria in the honey bee gut so that all strains of bacteria survive. Marked differences in the prevalence of antibiotic resistance was also seen in geographical areas where their use in farming and agriculture are more restrictive.

A two-faced protein in a chain that regulates iron and other elements in cells could provide a new target to treat cancer, diabetes and other diseases.

The cross-sectional study also found that what you eat should eat to improve your mental health changes as you get older.