Category: Study
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Who Needs a Cocoon When You Have a Protective Fungal Coat
Instead of forming a cocoon like a moth, or a chrysalis like a butterfly, a tortoise leaf beetle uses a fungus to protect it during metamorphosis, and in return, propagates the fungal pathogen on host plants
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New Development in the Fight Against Parasitic Plants
By studying the function of strigolactones (a plant hormone) in rice, scientists may have uncovered a genetic engineering and/or chemical approach to reduce parasitic plant destruction of crops
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Getting Closer to Targeting an ‘Untargetable’ Cancer Causing Gene
Scientists may have uncovered a potent inhibitor of one of the most common KRAS mutations that drives cancers
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Do Brown Bears Hold the Secret to Curing Diabetes?
Scientists uncovered eight key proteins that may explain how bears regulate insulin sensitivity when transitioning between hibernating and active states
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Some Flowers Evolved to be ‘Pretty in Pink’
Scientists uncovered a new molecular mechanism by which pink flowers evolved
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How to Kill an Insect, Fungus Style!
Scientists hunt to uncover new genes and mechanisms involved in insect fungal pathogenesis
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Fighting Fungal Infections with Mucus
Scientists may have identified a new molecule that can help combat fungal infections, and it has to do with mucus
Science With A Funguy 