Got eczema? It may just be bad evolutionary luck, study finds
Credit: Credit: Duo BUFFALO, N.Y. — Some genetic diseases persist for generation after generation because the genes that cause them...
Identification of protein crucial to lymphatic system development
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – Lymphatic vessels form a circulatory system that plays an important role in controlling the amount...
Life on the edge prepares plants for climate change
Credit: MPI f. Developmental Biology/ M. Exposito-Alonso In the first study to predict whether different populations of the same plant...
Eat less and be happy — really!
IMAGE: This is from the inaugural issue of the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research. Credit: Cornell Food and...
GI problems in autism may originate in genes, study suggests
Credit: Kara Gross Margolis, M.D., and Michael Gershon, M.D., Columbia University Medical Center NEW YORK, NY (April 25, 2016)–Researchers at...
Plant’s parent genes cooperate in shaping their child
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan – A group of plant biologists at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) of...
Unlocking the secrets of gene expression
Your DNA governs more than just what color your eyes are and whether you can curl your tongue. Your genes...
Russian scientists discover how certain proteins may help fight chlamydia
Scientists from Federal Research and Clinical Centre of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology and MIPT have shown that...
A new function of the chromosomal terminus, vital for human health,…
DNA forms chromosome by combining with various proteins and other matters. Telemere, the chromosome ends, is playing an inevitable role...
The sounds of eating may reduce how much you eat
New doctor's orders: No earbuds, no music, and no watching TV while eating. Researchers at Brigham Young University and Colorado...
The owls beyond the Andes: Divergence between distant populations…
They might be looking quite identical, while perched above humanised farmlands and grasslands across several continents, but each of the...
Prestigious distinction for poultry expert Michael Hess from Vetmeduni Vienna
The Robert Fraser Gordon Memorial Lecture has been given every year since 1983 to honour its name giver. It is...
Seymour and Vivian Milstein Award for Excellence in cytokine and interferon research
BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 17, 2016–The International Cytokine and Interferon Society (ICIS) announced today that the Seymour and Vivian Milstein Award...
Decoding sugar molecules offers new key for combating muscular…
A group of Japanese scientists have succeeded in decoding a sugar molecule and clarifying a mechanism linked to muscular dystrophy....
Promiscuity slows down evolution of new species
Credit: Clemens Kuepper Promiscuity mixes up the gene pool and dilutes genetic differences between populations, slowing down the evolution of...
Novel blood test for Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Today, Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed too late. In collaboration with a research team at the university and German Center for...
CDC study looks at link between age at first solid foods and later…
New Rochelle, NY, May 11, 2016–Does the timing of introducing solid foods to the infant diet affect a child's risk...
Grass and flowers sourced locally
Credit: Photo: Walter Durka This news release is available in German. Colorful, low-intensity grasslands do not only look attractive, but...
Targeted conservation could protect more of Earth’s biodiversity
Credit: Yale University/University of Grenoble New Haven, Conn. – A new study finds that major gains in global biodiversity can...
Identification of the neuronal suppressor of cataplexy, sudden…
Credit: Kanazawa University Sleep is of absolute necessity for us humans, although if one falls asleep all of a sudden...
