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Wheat stem rust, which causes rusty brown lesions on infected plants' stems, leaf sheaths, and spikes, can severely reduce crop yields.
A female Aedes aegypti mosquito feeding on the arm of HHMI investigator Leslie Vosshall.
CLARITY allows molecular analysis of the intact brain. Each color represents a different molecular label; this labeling can happen after the brain is clarified but still fully intact.
Arid landscape in the district of Kutch, Northwest India, where malaria epidemics are under the influence of monsoon rains.
EarthViewer shows continental arrangements as they shift through time—including Pangea from 215 million years ago.
New research reveals details of changing DNA methylation patterns as the brain matures.
Proteins engineered to bind enhancer regions of the genome offer researchers a window into how genes are activated.
Scientists have identified a gene that enables wheat crops to fight off stem rust, a dreaded fungus that blights wheat fields with rusty brown lesions and reduces yields.
When injected into mice immediately following a traumatic event, a new drug prevents the animals from developing memory problems and increased anxiety that are indicative of post-traumatic stress disorder.
In one of the first successful attempts at genetically engineering mosquitoes, researchers have altered the way the insects respond to odors, including the smell of humans and the insect repellant DEET.
Sixty-nine medical, dental, and veterinary students from 32 schools across the country will be engaging in laboratory research for a full year as participants in the HHMI Medical Research Fellows Program.
Malaria parasites infecting human red blood cells send packets of information between cells to coordinate group activity. When the parasites are under stress, the communication increases their ability to develop into a new stage of the life cycle.
New research shows that about 10 percent of severe cases of congenital heart disease are caused by genetic mutations that are absent in the parents of affected children.
