Model Organism

Scouting for the Next Top Model (Organism)

Here's a valid question: if it's a human condition or disease we're interested in, why do we study flies, plants or bacteria? It's a question that researchers often have to answer: whether it be for grant funding or to their in-laws over Thanksgiving dinner. Certainly, no one wants to hear—or vote for— tax dollars aimlessly

The Secret Life of Yeast

By Anna Lau, PhD, Athens Science Café Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a drug, palbociclib, for treatment of advanced breast cancer. Palbociclib works by inhibiting the function of a protein that controls cell division. Cancer cells divide uncontrollably, so this drug stops these cells from multiplying. Palbociclib is what drug

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