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Genetic tools help to dissect the relationship between aerobic glycolysis and anabolic metabolism in the retinas of mice.

A map of a neuronal circuit in a marine worm reveals how simple networks of neurons can control behavior.

Two gene variants provide different levels of protection against sleeping sickness, but this comes with an increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease.

An RNA-binding protein called PABPC1 has an important role in determining protein synthesis rates and hypertrophy in the heart.

Some alleles of the wtf gene family can increase their chances of spreading by using poisons to kill other alleles, and antidotes to save themselves.

A protein called P36 holds the key to how different species of malaria parasite invade liver cells.

The presence of the hormone oxytocin in the central amygdala makes a mother rat willing to put her life in danger in order to protect her offspring.

Laboratory mice with over half a megabase of DNA upstream of their Myc gene removed still thrive in the absence of stress.

Unexpected findings from the immune system of sea urchin larvae potentially provide insights into immune signaling in ancestral lifeforms.

Cryo-electron microscopy reveals the structure of a chloride channel that is closely related to a protein that transports lipids.