Genetic analysis uncovers shared evolutionary history of fish fins and vertebrate limbs
All vertebrates have the same basic body plan: head, spine, four appendages. Those appendages vary greatly in size, shape, and function, of course — from...
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
Soils are home to diverse microbial communities that cycle nutrients, support agriculture, and trap carbon – an important service for climate mitigation. Globally, around 80%...
International Alzheimer’s clinical trial to test two drugs in combination
Researchers leading a worldwide clinical trial aimed at finding treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are modifying an arm of the trial to evaluate a combination of...
Expert comment: How studying fossilized parasites can contribute to knowledge of infectious diseases
Over the last decade, John Huntley, a paleontologist and an associate professor of geological sciences at the University of Missouri, has studied the history of...
Susan Hockfield receives prestigious Charles L. Branch BrainHealth Award
DALLAS (November 4, 2021) – Tuesday evening, the Center for BrainHealth® brought together a who’s who of academic leaders, scientists and philanthropists to honor Dr....
Change in vaccination strategy averted outbreak of urban yellow fever in São Paulo State, scientists say
Yellow fever is a non-contagious viral disease with two transmission cycles, sylvatic (in wild animals) and urban. Sylvatic yellow fever circulates among monkeys, and in...
What can scientists learn from worms that glow in the dark? The secrets of regeneration for starters
Cut off the head of a three-banded panther worm and another will take its place — mouth, brain, and all. Cut off its tail and...
Harvard scientists take the study of regeneration to the next level by making three-banded panther worms transgenic
Three-banded panther worms are an incredibly impressive marine animal. Known scientifically as the acoel worm named Hofstenia miamia, these tiny animals that grow to only...
Study finds more inflammation in Black patients with chronic skin disease
Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a chronic skin disease that affects an estimated 72 out of 100,000 people in the U.S. The disease disproportionately affects Black...
World record broken for thinnest X-ray detector ever created
Scientists in Australia have used tin mono-sulfide (SnS) nanosheets to create the thinnest X-ray detector ever made, potentially enabling real-time imaging of cellular biology.Credit: Exciton...
Contributions to Entomology is the fourth Senckenberg journal to move to ARPHA Platform
By signing with the scholarly publisher and technology provider Pensoft, Contributions to Entomology - a journal by the Senckenberg German Entomological Institute - becomes the...
Stem cells do not (only) play dice
Stem cells are true multi-talents. They can develop into any cell type of an organism - in humans there are over 200 - and thus...
High cell membrane tension constrains the spread of cancer
The membranes of cancer cells are more pliant than the membranes of normal cells. A research collaboration has discovered that cancer invasion and migration can...
Healing skin ischemia-reperfusion injuries with interleukin-36 receptor antagonists
Ischemia, which in modern Latin means, “staunching of blood,” is a medical condition in which the blood supply is cut off to different parts of...
Social inequities perpetuate breastfeeding disparities for Black women
Philadelphia, November 8, 2021 – As Black women continue to have the lowest breastfeeding initiation and duration rates in the United States, researchers examined factors...
