Microbes Seen Controlling Action of Host’s Genes Intestines' living tenants muck up molecular machinery to influence health All animals -- from sea sponges to modern-day humans -- evolved in a world already teeming with...
Cancer-Causing Virus Masters Cell's Replication and Immortality Epstein-Barr virus steers the B-cell to hide in plain sight Viruses are notorious for taking over their host’s operations and using them to their own...
New Gene Interaction Appears to be Associated with Increased MS Risk The finding could open the way to the development of more accurate tests for risk of multiple sclerosis
Microbes Evolved to Colonize Different Parts of the Human Body Geology software used to measure relative abundance of bugs in and on the body As the human species evolved over the last six million years, our resident microbes did the same...
Neural Stem Cells Serve As RNA Highways Too Scientists visualize potential mechanisms driving formation of new neurons in the brain Duke University scientists have caught the first glimpse of molecules shuttling along a sort of...
Three Duke Researchers Named AAAS Fellows Honor recognizes scientifically and socially distinguished research Three members of the Duke University faculty have been named Fellows of the American Association...
Breast Cancer Cells Starve For Cystine Blocking key nutrient may kill hard-to-treat form of breast cancer Cancer rewires the metabolism of tumor cells, converting them into lean, mean, replicating...
