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A research team led by Purdue University's W. Andy Tao has discovered a new type of protein modification related to cellular ...

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One of the symptoms of schizophrenia is difficulty incorporating new information about the world. This can lead patients to ...

Do bacteria mutate randomly, or do they mutate for a purpose? Researchers have been puzzling over this conundrum for over a century. In 1943, microbiologist Salvador Luria and physicist turned ...

Two dog breeds, Labradors and flat-coated retrievers, may be prone to becoming overweight because they have a mutation that both makes them hungrier between meals and lowers their metabolic rate.