Premature menopause increases the risk of multiple health problems in your 60s
Credit: Human Reproduction Women who experience premature menopause are almost three times more likely to develop multiple, chronic medical problems ...
Tag: Developmental/Reproductive Biology
Fat cells can sense sunlight — not getting enough increases metabolic syndrome risk
Eye-opening study from Cincinnati Children's suggests that lack of sun can lead to problems beyond seasonal affective disorderCredit: Cincinnati Children's ...
New image analysis method for time-lapse microscopy shows how giant viruses infect amoeba
Scientists at Tokyo University of Science, Japan, devised a new method that reveals how amoebae react to infection by giant ...
Jumping genes threaten egg cell quality
Understanding their activity has implications for fertility and health of future generationsCredit: Photograph is courtesy of Marla Tharp and Navid ...
Newly created embryo nourishes hope for the survival of the northern white rhino
Credit: Ami Vitale In August 2019 a team of scientists and conservationists broke new ground in saving the northern white ...
How zebra finches learn to sing
Credit: Richard Hahnloser, ETH/UZH The ability to learn new motor skills is critical to almost all aspects of our lives. ...
Researchers develop tool to identify molecular receptors in worms
Findings published in Royal Society of Chemistry journal could speed up neuroscience researchCredit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - January ...
Specific insulin-like peptide regulates how beetle ‘weapons’ grow
Revealing how larval nutrition leads to differently sized mandibles in broad-horned flour beetlesCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - A ...
Baby and adult brains ‘sync up’ during play, finds Princeton Baby Lab
It's not your imagination -- you and your baby really are on the same wavelengthCredit: Elise Piazza, Princeton Baby Lab ...
First genomic study of puberty yields insights into development and cancer
Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute SALT LAKE CITY - In the first-ever genome-scale analysis of the puberty process in humans, researchers ...
How the rice blast fungus ‘eats’ its own cell wall to launch an attack
Cells of rice blast fungus undergo major changes when it infects its host plant, which includes using the components of ...
New recommendations released on bedsharing to promote breastfeeding
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 7, 2020--Leading experts representing The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) ...
The growing pains of orphan chimpanzees
Mothers may be shaping pre-adult growth and offspring muscle mass even without direct provisioningCredit: Liran Samuni The prolonged periods of ...
Cumulative overweight pregnancies increase risk of maternal midlife obesity
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.,publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 6, 2020--Not only is excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) associated with ...