By Eric Sorensen, WSU science writer PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers say environmental factors are having an underappreciated effect on the course of disease and evolution by prompting genetic mutations through epigenetics, a process by which genes are turned on and off independent of an organism’s DNA sequence.
By Lori Maricle, College of Pharmacy SPOKANE, Wash. – Pharmaceutical sciences researchers at Washington State University have discovered a protein’s previously unknown role in cell division.
By Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Wine comes from grapes, but the alcohol comes from yeast. Most wine is made by fermenting grapes with specifically chosen species of yeast, leading to predictable wines for vintners.
By Lorraine Nelson, WSU Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – Marijuana and other medicinal plants are the focus of a research conference hosted by Washington State University in Spokane June 9-12.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s School of Molecular Biosciences this week will host the Smerdon/Reeves Symposium on DNA Repair in Chromatin: The First 40 years (and Beyond).
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University scientist Michael K. Skinner is editor-in-chief of a new open-access journal from Oxford University Press (OUP), Environmental Epigenetics.
By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Researchers at Washington State University have teamed with an amateur apple detective to bring fruit varieties thought extinct back to life.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – The recent announcement that a skeleton found under a parking lot in England two years ago is that of King Richard III has laid one mystery to rest – while giving rise to another.
By Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – A new discovery in basil plants could help researchers understand how plants protect themselves from disease and pests and how they produce medicinal compounds.
By Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Plants use light during photosynthesis. But they also give off light, though in amounts so small we can’t see it. The amount of light changes based on the plant’s environment and genetic makeup.