Contraception may be a secret weapon for rat control
A substance typically extracted from a rare Chinese plant may be the secret to humanely and sustainably controlling rats on a large scale.
Team swaps yeast sex drive for cannabinoid sensor
Researchers have made yeast turn red or glow when it successfully detects cannabinoids, a feat that could lead to drug discovery.
Yeast discovery could lead to antifungal drugs
Yeasts infect about 150 million people a year and kill about 1.7 million, especially those who are immunocompromised.
‘Silent’ gene mutations may be harmful, not neutral
New research with yeast suggests synonymous mutations, or “silent” mutations, aren’t neutral, but harmful.