Scientists at UBC Okanagan have uncovered how plants produce mitraphylline, a rare natural compound with promising anti cancer potential. The team identified two enzymes that work together to build ...

Scientists have decoded the genome of a lowly, blood-sucking hookworm, an advance they say could lead to cures for hookworm infection, a painful condition afflicting more than 700 million people ...

NEW YORK: By comparing the human genome with that of chimpanzees, people’s closest living relative, scientists have identified a partial list of the genes that make people human. NEW YORK: By ...

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Scientists have decoded how females select the ‘right’ sperm to fertilize their eggs when faced with the risk of being fertilized by sperm from a different species. WASHINGTON: Scientists have decoded ...

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