An international team of researchers has discovered what promises to be the on-off switch behind several major diseases.

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have determined the structure of an adenosine receptor that plays a critical role in a number of important physiological processes including pain, breathing, and heart function.

MIT biological engineers have found a way to mass-produce smell receptors in the laboratory, an advance that paves the way for "artificial noses" to be created and used in a variety of settings.

The transcription factor NeuroD1 is known to play a role in photoreceptor development, but its precise role in genesis, specification, and/or maintenance is not clear. Liu et al.

Practice makes perfect — or at least that’s what we’re told as we struggle through endless rounds of multiplication tables, goal kicks and piano scales — and it seems, based on the personal experience of many, to be true.

New data generated by Howard Rockman and colleagues at Duke University Medical Center, have identified a new signaling pathway downstream of the beta1-adrenergic receptor in the heart that protects the muscle cells of the heart from dying. The potential clinical impact of these observations is discussed in the accompanying commentary by Stefan Englehardt from the University of WÃlrzburg, Germany.

The mating ritual of the honey bee is a mysterious affair, occurring at dizzying heights in zones identifiable only to a queen and the horde of drones that court her. Now a research team led by the University of Illinois has identified an odorant receptor that allows male drones to find a queen in flight.