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The acquisition of a virulence plasmid is sufficient to turn a beneficial strain of Rhodococcus bacteria into a pathogen.

Advances in imaging techniques have shed new light on the structure of vesicles formed by COPI protein complexes.

What can artificial intelligence learn from neuroscience, and vice versa?.

Coordination between the brainstem and the cortex helps to ensure that urination occurs at an appropriate time.

Computational modelling of the heart tube during development reveals the interplay between tissue asymmetry and growth that helps our hearts take shape.

The sooner the immune system launches, the greater the chances the host has of survival.

A heat exchange mechanism in the head of kissing bugs helps to prevent stress and regulate their temperature while they feed on warm blood.

A disordered region at the N-terminus of the glucocorticoid receptor can fine tune how cells respond to a hormone via an allosteric mechanism.

Bacteria can overcome environmental challenges by killing nearby bacteria and incorporating their DNA.

The unexpected ability of an RNA polymerase ribozyme to copy RNA into DNA has ramifications for understanding how DNA genomes evolved.