One of the things that makes developing effective treatments for Parkinson's disease so challenging is its complexity. While some forms are caused by genetics, others have environmental factors, and ...

A new naming structure proposed by an American researcher moves beyond the Linnaeus system to one based on the genetic sequence of each individual organism. This creates a more robust, precise, and ...

An international team of researchers, including Prof. Christine Klein from the University of Lübeck and the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, has made a significant leap in ...

IN much of the academic teaching of biology at the present time, the view is expressed or implied that biological classification is meaningless except as a more or less convenient device for filing ...

Scientists have found new evidence to support a classification system for viruses based on viral structure. Professor Robert Sinclair at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate ...