The main carrier for the most widespread Plasmodium species across Africa is the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Because of this, the insect has been of intense interest to researchers to figure out a way ...

If future studies confirm the rescued receptors work normally, the study offers a new roadmap for rare disease drug development.

New research into the genetics of Anopheles funestus (An. funestus), one of the most neglected but prolific malaria-transmitting mosquitoes in Africa, has revealed how this species is evolving in ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham's Bladder Cancer Research Center have used a new method to detect chemical ...

The world of cells is surprisingly noisy. Each cell carries unique genetic information, but when we try to measure cellular ...

Background Molecular genetic diagnoses are critical to prevention and treatment of inherited polyposis and colorectal cancer.

When scientists want to trace how a species has changed over time—and predict its prospects for survival—they turn to DNA.