The first X-ray structures of the molecular complex that allows malaria parasites to spread disease highlight a novel target for antimalarial treatments.
New findings reveal how HIV-1-specific immune cells can recognise viral particles that have the capacity to rebound following interruptions to antiretroviral therapy, with implications for new treatment strategies.
Competition between nerve fibers for space in rodent brains shapes complex circuits called ‘whisker barrels’, providing new clues about the role of genes in brain development.
A computer brain circuit that can gather evidence and make decisions has revealed a potential mechanism for how decision making becomes altered in psychiatric disease.
Recent findings suggest the repeated evolution of similar traits in island lizards was not channelled by developmental responses to the environment, as commonly thought.
