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A better understanding of the mechanisms underpinning the growth of mycobacteria could help identify targets for new antibiotics.

The neurotransmitter serotonin helps to co-ordinate the respiratory and cardiovascular responses of newborns to oxygen deprivation.

Elephants and fruit bats have evolved large brains even though they have lost a gene that is fundamental to the supply of energy to the brain when glucose is not available.

Specific pathways in the retina help us see spatial detail in our visual world.

Just 5% of the human genome is subject to neutral evolution but this process remains central to understanding the history of human migration across the Earth.

Careful design of the green spaces in cities will benefit both wild animals and humans.

The discovery of a gene that regulates two segmentation mechanisms in spider embryos is fueling the ongoing debate about the evolution of this crucial developmental process.

Being exposed to cannabinoids in the womb has different consequences for male and female rats. .

A family of retroviral-like elements in the human genome has a pervasive influence on gene expression.

A transcription factor called SALL4 could be the missing link between thalidomide and the limb defects caused by the drug.