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With some home security software and a little ingenuity, researchers have developed an inexpensive device that will allow them to study the behavior and activity...

Researchers from the Babraham Institute have today published their latest work in the journal Cell Stem Cell describing a new subset of human embryonic stem...

In molecular biology, transcription is the process of copying a segment of DNA into RNA, whereas a transcription factor (or TF) is a protein that...

Divide, differentiate or die? Making decisions at the right time and place is what defines a cell’s behavior and is particularly critical for stem cells...

WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a new image reconstruction approach that could contribute to better breast cancer detection. The deep learning algorithm overcomes a major...

Zebrafish and humans look very different on the outside. Yet about 70 percent of their genes are similar to human genes – including many that can...

Osaka, Japan – Osteoblasts act in a group to make bone over the course of several months. However, how osteoblasts cooperate with each other in...

Doctors have warned that people should try to avoid taking dissolving, fizzy paracetamol that contains salt, following findings from a large study that shows a...

An analysis of data from more than 11,000 older Japanese adults suggests that seniors who own a dog may be at lower risk of disability...

Common traits of the species vulnerable to extinction identified in new analysis of mammals, birds and plants Credit: Jacob Plumb, Unsplash, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Common traits...

A key transcription factor in T-cell immunology is crucial to the immune system’s “memory” in recognizing threats it has already faced before – and it...

When is a container not just a container?Credit: Bryer et al. When is a container not just a container? For the HIV-1 virus, a double...

A research team in the Louisiana State University Department of Biological Sciences led by Assistant Professor Adam Bohnert has published a landmark study linking greater metabolic...

A large study that investigates just what keeps our brains sharp as we age and what contributes to cognitive decline has been launched by researchers...

The reign of the dinosaurs ended in springCredit: illustration by Joshua Knüppe, based on research and commissioned by Melanie During The reign of the dinosaurs...