Cells, Genes & Molecules

Rice is a staple food worldwide and is eaten by billions of people on a daily basis. Still, high levels of toxic arsenic and cadmium in the grain have raised severe concerns about its safety for human consumption. Gui and colleagues used genetic engineering to combat this problem.

Advances in recombinant antibody production.

Mareike Jezek introduces us to a fascinating research that promises to –literally– shed light on the functioning of plant cells.

Scientists studied how genes are turned on and off during flower development in a group of plants with special spur structures on their flowers, finding evidence that duplication of a certain gene helped the evolution of these spurs for collecting nectar.

Floral scents play a delicate balancing act, appealing to pollinators while repelling herbivores.