Synthetic plant proteins, such as SPP, hold therapeutic potential for polyQ neurodegenerative disorders and other diseases involving protein aggregation.

It can be confusing to tell the difference between abiotic and biotic diseases just with your eyes. Plant disease symptoms are typically not very specific.

Plant cells have some specialized properties that make them distinct from animal cells. Learn how special structures, such as chloroplasts and cell walls, create this distinction.

The potentiating effects of plerixafor in reducing stroma-associated minimal residual disease following tyrosine kinase inhibition in CML have been explored to a lesser extent than other ...

Chinese scientists have recently made a breakthrough in this area, however, by showing that a widespread plant defense metabolite may help combat bacterial diseases in crops. The metabolite ...

Eating mostly plant-based foods and fewer animal-based foods may be linked to better heart health and a lower risk of dying from a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular disease according to ...

Humans aren’t the only organisms susceptible to pandemics. Plants can fall victim to new pathogens, too — and that could threaten the global food supply.

By measuring how long a particular type of plant’s leaves stay wet, farmers, gardeners, and researchers can improve disease forecasting, making better decisions about management strategy. Commercial ...

Replacing animal-based food such as deli meat or eggs with plant-based ones such as legumes may reduce the risk of developing heart disease and diabetes, a review found.

EMPIRE, MICH. -- The latest effort to combat a disease affecting beech trees at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will continue after its initial project was deemed a success.