In this important study, Li and others identified cell membrane receptors for juvenile hormone (JH), a terpenoid hormone in insects that regulates their development and reproduction. While ...

While arboviral infections in humans are acute, they persist in mosquitoes throughout the insect ... cells ideally in side-by-side analysis, to identify specific alterations that could be targeted to ...

The answer begins in the late 1800s, when insect gonad cells, whose large chromosomes are easy to view through a microscope, were the specimen of choice for investigating the cellular basis of ...

Most haem in mammals is found in red blood cells and is bound to a protein called haemoglobin. When it is released from these cells, haemoglobin forms a complex with another protein called haptoglobin ...