Parasites get trapped inside host cells when MIC11 is removed, exposing a crucial escape mechanism

Parasites are a major global health problem, underlying many human diseases worldwide. For example, Plasmodium falciparum, ...

Scientists identify potential new target for disrupting mosquito reproduction

A longstanding mystery in mosquito biology has been solved, opening a potential new path for controlling mosquitoes and the ...

Targeting the tiniest divide: Research reveals potential vulnerability in bacterial reproduction

A Université de Montréal study has found a previously unknown mechanism in bacterial reproduction that could be attacked by ...
NPR

Scientists create human eggs in the lab, using skin cells

Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are infertile or gay couples have babies with their own genes but would also raise ...
AlphaGalileo

Shedding light on how parasites exit host cells

Researchers from The University of Osaka have shown that the MIC11 gene of Toxoplasma gondii is essential for the parasite to egress, or exit, the ...