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The multiple pathways that can trigger cell death in response to infection are not interchangeable and have specific outcomes in different cell types.

Malaria parasites can rapidly evolve resistance to treatment containing two different drugs that both inhibit the DHODH enzyme.

The neurons and brain regions involved in storing and retrieving fear memories connect together differently when remembering more traumatic experiences.

A family of drugs used to treat patients with osteoporosis may be linked with a reduced risk of COVID-19, a preliminary study shows.

Analysing 30,000 MRI scans of the human brain provides new insights into the connections between obesity and parts of the brain involved in cognition.

Male mice that are unable to produce two cytoskeleton proteins unique to sperm are infertile.

Comparing the brains of children, teenagers and adults provides insights into how two patterns of electrical activity that occur during sleep become coupled together.

Twenty to thirty percent of scientists may be using ineffective commercial antibodies in their protein studies suggesting that large-scale independent antibody validation is needed.