Biologically speaking, female and male bonobos have a weird relationship. First, there’s the sex. It’s the females who decide when and with whom they mate. They easily parry unwanted sexual advances — and the males know better than to force the…
Category: 5. Biology
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Extinct hell ant species used specialized jaws to impale its prey
While there could be thousands of billions of ants crawling around the Earth today, few match the fiercity of the extinct “hell ants” of the…
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Analytichem introduces Redipor® ready-to-use culture media brand globally
Built on the legacy of three trusted brands – BioTrading, Redipor by Cherwell, and NEL – Redipor by AnalytiChem brings together over 150 years of prepared media expertise, innovation and heritage into one unique global…
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CN Bio and Pharmaron establish long-term strategic partnership to develop OOC technologies on a global R&D platform
CN Bio, a leading provider of Organ-on-a-chip systems and solutions that accelerate drug discovery and development workflows, today announced the establishment of a strategic partnership with Pharmaron, a premier R&D service…
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Mosaic Therapeutics in-licenses two clinical-stage oncology programs from Astex Pharmaceuticals for development as proprietary combination therapies
Mosaic Therapeutics, Ltd (‘Mosaic’) a targeted oncology therapeutics company dedicated to resolving cancer’s complexity with new combination therapies for patients, today announces the in-licensing of two clinical-stage oncology…
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Metabolic driver of Parkinson’s offers new target for treatment
Researchers have identified a key enzyme driving forms of Parkinson’s, and have shown how blocking it restores normal function in animal and cell models – offering a promising new drug target for the condition.
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Researchers create detailed 3D map of parasite behind sleeping sickness
Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic parasites borne by insects such as the tsetse fly.
Each of the underlying…
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Scientists develop promising new drug candidates against coronaviruses
A team at UC San Francisco and Gladstone Institutes has developed new drug candidates that show great promise against the virus that causes COVID-19 and potentially other coronaviruses that could cause future pandemics.
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Scientists unlock secrets of how cells navigate the body
Scientists from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin have created a data science framework to better understand how cells travel through the body. The researchers analyzed chemokines and their…
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Epigenetic flexibility helps embryos avoid developmental errors
An international research team led by Helmholtz Munich has, for the first time, provided a detailed insight into how the spatial organization of genetic material is established in the cell nucleus of early embryos within the first…
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