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This valuable study shows that mutations in specific cassava genes can reduce infection by cassava brown streak viruses. The authors also identify a key amino acid change that may be significant in ...

A new study led by a pair of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst turns long-held conventional wisdom about ...

Between 1990 and 2017 the global deaths attributed to high body mass index more than doubled from 2.2 million to 4.7 million ...

The risk of developing blood cancer increases with age. The finding that a molecule from gut bacteria plays a part points to ...

Historically, small molecule drugs have been precisely designed down to the atomic scale. Considering their relatively large complex structures, nanomedicines have lagged behind. Researchers argue ...