Phototoxicity is a serious challenge for fluorescence microscopy of living cells…
Maximising the Potential of Stem Cell Therapy
Stem cell research can be a divisive topic. Dr. Suzanne Peterson discusses strategies to minimise the tumorigenic potential of stem cell therapies.
Could Some Cases of Autism be Prevented by Nutritional Intervention?
In a Hypothesis article published in BioEssays, Arthur Beaudet speculates that brain carnitine deficiency might be the cause for about 10-20% of autism cases.
Virtual Issues in BioEssays
BioEssays offers a variety of online special collections compiling review-style articles from various topic areas.
Monoubiquitination: A New Signal for Proteasomal Degradation
In their review in BioEssays, Ido Livneh et al. discuss recent findings that establish monoubiquitination as a proteasomal targeting signal.
Transmissible Cancers – Quo Vaditis?
Cancers that kill are the paradigm that most people know, but there’s more to cancer than just that…
Why We Drink as Much as Our Food Intake Requires Us To
The neural survival mechanism that prioritizes water over food when the chips are down…
How Do Zebrafish Get Their Stripes?
In their review in BioEssays, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Ajeet Pratap Singh review how fish color their skin.
Lunchtime! How Butterflies and Moths Discover their Food Sources
In their review in BioEssays, Michiyo Kinoshita et al. discuss flower foraging behavior in butterflies and moths.
Indole: A Multifaceted Regulator of Behavior
In their review in BioEssays, Jeffrey Tomberlin et al. take a closer look at indole and how this molecule influences behavior in a wide variety of organisms.