Tomato’s Hidden DNA Mutations Revealed in Genetic Study of 100 Varieties
Human appetites have transformed the tomato — DNA and all. After centuries of breeding, what was once a South American berry roughly the size of…
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Alpha Blockers to Ease Severe COVID-19 Symptoms by Preventing ‘Cytokine Storm’
For some COVID-19 patients, the body’s immune response may be as destructive as the virus that causes the disease. The persistent high fevers, severe respiratory…
Clues to COVID-19 Treatment From DNA of Patients With Severe Forms of Coronavirus Disease
A new international project aims to enroll 500 COVID-19 patients to search for genetic mutations that make some people more vulnerable to severe infection. Howard…
Helping Save Pumas From Inbreeding With Whole Genome Sequencing
The first complete genetic sequences of individual mountain lions point the way to better conservation strategies for saving threatened populations of the wild animals. When…
Incredible Imaging Shows How Neural Circuits Form in a Developing Embryo [Video]
Cells that eventually become neurons (red, orange, and yellow spheres) migrate during embryonic development. The migrating baby neurons that build the spinal cord are color-coded…
Trip to Rainforest Yields Organisms Capable of Degrading Polyurethane
Yale undergraduates participating in Yale’s Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory course had their findings on organisms capable of degrading polyurethane published in the journal Applied and…
Altered Microbes that Cause Obesity & Chronic Liver Disease May be Infectious
Research from scientists at the Yale School of Medicine suggests that obesity and chronic liver disease from altered populations of microbes in the stomach may…