The origin of the cockroach: how a notorious pest conquered the world
Genomic analysis suggests the common kitchen vermin spread from Europe to the world. But it wasn't originally found in Europe
Genomic analysis suggests the common kitchen vermin spread from Europe to the world. But it wasn't originally found in Europe
Borrowing the idea of ‘bug bounties’ from the technology industry could provide a systematic way to detect and correct the errors that litter the scientific literature.
Propionic acidaemia is an inheirited metabolic condition caused by a lack of a liver enzyme, which leads to accumulation of toxic compounds. In a first-in-human trial, a therapeutic messenger RNA drug (mRNA-3927) led to restored enzyme activity, was well tolerated and showed a promising dose-dependent reduction of potentially life-threatening clinical events.