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 Nagoya University, have reported in...
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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 contain instructions for making all...
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 peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGLYRPs) of...
Humans don’t use as much brainpower as we like to think
Credit: Image by Arianna Harrington, Duke University. DURHAM, N.C. — For years, scientists assumed that humans devote a larger share of their daily calories to...
Poor nutrition during pregnancy can cause early aging of baby’s…
Credit: Dr. Peter Nathanielsz and Dr. Geoffrey Clarke New research has shown that the child of a slightly undernourished mother is more likely to suffer...
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 in maintaining the life including...
Barbers, hair salons market cosmetic surgery on Instagram
Only 18 percent of top plastic surgery-related posts on Instagram were by board-certified plastic surgeons Hair salons, barbers, dentists and non-certified physicians market cosmetic surgery...
New approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: UNIST Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common form of dementia. In search for new drugs for AD, the research team, led...
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 State University have found that...
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 populations of two owl species,...
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 a prestigious distinction for researchers...
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 has been given to 3...
Study finds hospital ICU overused
Credit: LA BioMed LOS ANGELES – (Dec. 27, 2016) – Intensive Care Units (ICUs), which provide the most expensive and invasive forms of care in...
Scientists investigate how different houses and lifestyles affect…
Credit: © Matt Bertone of North Carolina State University SAN FRANCISCO (November 10, 2017) – Humans have lived under the same roof with bugs since...
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. Their discovery has potential implications...
