Research Progress

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  Scientists unlock planthoppers'potential to control future crop disease outbreaks

  Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Zoology have discovered how a severe rice virus reproduces inside the small brown planthopper, a major carrier of the virus, and have published this work in eLIFE recently.

  Aug 09, 2017
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  Phosphatase Wip1 may be an important molecular target to treat allergic airway inflammation

  Allergic asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases, resulting in a substantial burden of diseases. Although rates of deaths due to asthma worldwide have shrunk greatly over the past 25 years, no available therapeutic regimens can yet cure this complex disease.

  Jul 31, 2017
• The biology of uterine fluid: How it informs the fetus of mom's world

  Jun 23, 2017
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  An Epigenetic Signaling Axis Regulates Proliferation and Self-renewal of Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells

  Polycomb group (PcG) proteins comprise the Polycomb complexes PRC1 and PRC2 that regulate gene expression levels through histone modification. Although PRC1 and PRC2 are emerging to play important roles in cancer stem cells, their roles in neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) are largely unknown.

  Jun 08, 2017
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  Discovery of speciation timing and introgression between the brown rats and its sibling species

  Brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) are successful global colonizers, and they are notorious for damaging agricultural crops and for transmission of infectious diseases to mankind due to its commensal relationship with humans.

  May 22, 2017
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  Discovery of a “double-brake” like neurochemical mechanism underlying locust swarming

  Swarming widely occurs in the animal kingdom. Colonial individuals usually change their behaviors to adapt environmental variation, thus displaying distinguish behavioral plasticity.

  May 11, 2017
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  Researchers identify a novel mechanism that regulates germline stem cell function in Drosophila

  In adult tissues, stem cells are defined by their unique capacity to self-renew and produce non-equivalent daughters that can differentiate into cell lineages to maintain tissue homeostasis. Misregulation of stem cell functions has been implicated in a variety of human diseases such as degenerative diseases and cancer. Thus, understanding the regulatory mechanisms of adult stem cells is important for stem cell biology and their future use in regenerative medicine.

  May 09, 2017
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  EXTINCTION AND REVIVAL OF SAIGA ANTELOPE IN CHINA

  Once millions of Saiga antelope, also called Saiga, roam between their winter and summer ranges on the vast Eurasia steppe. The mass herds of Saiga on move are spectacular on the Eurasia steppe. Some of the Saiga also migrated to Xinjiang, China.

  Mar 28, 2017
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  Yu Wang and Colleagues Review the Basic and Translational Studies of Hedgehog Signaling in Cell Chemical Biology

  Mar 10, 2017
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  Machado-Joseph disease protein ataxin-3 is required for the maintenance of genome integrity and stability

  Feb 20, 2017