The forgotten half of scientific thinking

Pathogenic protists are responsible for many diseases that significantly impact human and animal health across the globe. Almost all protists possess mitochondria or mitochondrion-related organelles, ...

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Phosphatases have been considered undruggable for decades. However, recent breakthroughs with the first small molecule phosphatase inhibitors for cancer immunotherapy now in clinical trials have resu…

A full description of trypanosome genome replication has proved elusive. Here, after genome assembly, the authors reveal compartmentalisation of DNA replication activity and stability between transcri...

Dorothy Bishop lambasts world’s oldest scientific academy as she quits in protest

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Science, both teaching and doing, is under attack. The recent US presidential election of a person and platform with anti-science bias exemplifies this. The study of climate processes and patterns and...

Male gametocytes rely on mitochondrial ATP to fuel gametogenesis in Plasmodium falciparum.

Understanding genome duplication requires characterisation of the locations where DNA replication initiates, termed origins. Genome-wide mapping of DNA replication origins has mainly been derived from...

The threat to the UK from vector-borne diseases is rising at astonishing pace. Mosquito and tick species have invaded; Usutu virus is present; Lyme disease

Meiosis is an essential cell division for sexual reproduction and fertility across eukaryotes. It involves a series of tightly regulated processes, including entry into meiosis, pairing of homologs, …