Amphibians in losing race with environmental change
... not always allow a species to adapt in a way that meets rapidly changing conditions. Through genetic variation and natural selection pressures, some species or populations will be able to adapt ?while others fail and go extinct. The systems developed over millions of years to give amphibians survival a...Weizmann Institute scientists develop a general 'control switch' for protein activity
...engineered proteins in order to find one that best meets their needs.” The method developed by the Weizmann Institute scientists is ready for immediate use, both in basic biomedical research and in the pharmaceutical industry, in the search for proteins that can serve as targets for new drugs. Beyond of...