Health & Medicine

First close look at a prion

3D structure of a prion protein. (Image: Case Western Reserve University) Misfolded prion proteins are the originators of some previously incurable neurological diseases in...

Evolutionary advantage through same-sex sexuality?

Does homosexuality have biological advantages? (Image: YinYang / iStock) How could same-sex sexual behavior persist in evolution even though homosexual individuals have fewer children?...

Mini-brains with “eyes”

A brain organoid with structures similar to the eyes. (Image: Elke Gabriel) The bizarre for basic research: Researchers have grown so-called brain organoids from...

New colorectal cancer risk test procedure

A preventive colonoscopy can reveal the development of cancer in good time. (Image: peterschreiber.media/iStock) Early detection is crucial in colorectal cancer - for whom...

Sugar coating as an Achilles heel

Spike protein (green) with sugar coating (yellow) and docked lectins (red). Below the ACE2 receptor on a cell (Image: IMP / IMBA Graphics...

Wound glue inspired by barnacles

They can even stick to slippery surfaces: barnacles. (Image: Gerald Corsi / IStock) Biological adhesive force as a model: Researchers have developed a tissue...

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