A team of international researchers led by the University of Vienna investigated the development of shark and ray biodiversity over the past 100 million years. Their surprising results show a continuous decline in diversity since the Eocene, 45 million years ago, which contradicts previous assumptions that biodiversity was either stable or increasing. This study, recently published in the renowned journal Scientific Reports, provides crucial insights for modern marine conservation.

Researchers at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, University of Sydney, and the Royal Hospital for Women have uncovered important new insights into the biology of recurrent miscarriage - a devastating condition that affects up to one in fifty couples trying to conceive.

Proteins are often called the building blocks of cells, but even those building blocks need to be built. One of the most important steps in the process of building proteins is glycosylation, when sugar molecules (glycans) are attached to the maturing protein. These sugars can affect how the protein folds and functions, and mistakes during glycosylation can lead to disease.

A new study from Robert Keenan’s group at the University of Chicago, in collaboration with Rajat Rohatgi’s lab at Stanford University, sheds light on how this fundamental process can be regulated.

Temporarily anesthetizing the retina briefly reverts the activity of the visual system to that observed in early development and enables growth of responses to the amblyopic eye, new research shows.

Francisella tularensis is a highly infectious bacterium, a Tier 1-select agent on the US Federal Select Agent Program, and the causative agent of tularemia, a potentially fatal zoonotic disease.