Tag: Biology

Ecologists draw conclusions from study of 400,000 TEAM Network camera-trap recordsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University How wildlife will react to climate ...

The truth about a true frog: Unknown Costa Rican frog hidden amongst a widespread species

The discovery highlights the urgent need of modern DNA tools when studying rapidly declining animal groups like amphibiansCredit: Dr Robert ...

Getting closer: Finding out why the immune system attacks itself

B cells gone bad could be the culprit in rheumatoid arthritisCredit: University of Houston Biomolecular researcher Navin Varadarajan has published ...

Shutting down deadly pediatric brain cancer at its earliest moments

Study uses cell-by-cell analyses to look for new therapies that might workCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI -- Cell-by-cell genetic analyses of ...

Multiple Denisovan-related ancestries in Papuans

DNA sequences from Indonesia and New Guinea reveal new branches of the Denisovan family treeCredit: © Isabella Apriyana The findings ...

Cancer sufferers’ hair loss misery during chemo could be over

Scientists are developing a specially-formulated shampoo which, combined with scalp cooling innovations, could put an end to the misery for ...

Protein complex may help prevent neurodegenerative diseases

A protein complex within the cell has been found to play a key role in preventing the toxicity of proteins ...

Biosynthesis of widespread pigments from bacteria revealed

Researchers from Goethe University and TU Munich decode biosynthesis of aryl polyene pigmentsCredit: Maximilian Schmalhofer Aryl polyene are yellow pigments ...

CNIO researchers succeed at removing some types of pancreatic cancer in animal models

Researchers from the Experimental Oncology Group, led by Mariano Barbacid at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), have published ...

CNIO researchers assess melanoma progression with a new liquid biopsy technique

Credit: CNIO When the surgeon surgically removes a melanoma, some patients are said to be 'cancer-free' and they do not ...

Ancient ‘Texas Serengeti’ had elephant-like animals, rhinos, alligators and more

Credit: The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences During the Great Depression, some unemployed Texans were put ...

Reproduction: How male flies enforce their interests

Evolutionary biologists demonstrate that male fruit flies manipulate their female partnersCredit: Mareike Koppik The fundamental biological process of reproduction can ...

Kennedy Krieger research scientist explores Leonardo da Vinci’s knowledge of the brain

Article published in recent edition of The Lancet BALTIMORE, April 11, 2019 - May 2, 2019, marks the 500th anniversary ...

New cancer drug targets accelerate path to precision medicine

Researchers used CRISPR technology to disrupt every gene in over 300 cancer models from 30 cancer types and discover thousands ...

Loss of a DNA repair system creates a unique vulnerability in many cancer types

Cancer cells that cannot repair a certain form of DNA mutation become strongly dependent on single enzyme to survive, creating ...

Biochemical switches identified that could be triggered to treat muscle, brain disorders

Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have found that the enzymes ULK1 and ULK2 ...

Research reveals how the most common ALS mutation dooms cells

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists offer insight into the toxicity at the heart of devastating neurological disordersCredit: St. Jude ...

ASHG launches Human Genetics Scholars Initiative

Program to increase, network, mentor, and retain diverse early-career researchers ROCKVILLE, Md. - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) ...

When do male and female differences appear in the development of beetle horns

Credit: NIBB The male Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus, living on Japan's main island has big horns, which are used ...

Birds’ surprising sound source