Early-arriving endangered Chinook salmon take the brunt of sea lion predation
Credit: LE Baskow The Columbia River is home to one of the West Coast's most important Chinook salmon runs. Through ...
Tag: Developmental/Reproductive Biology
Gladstone investigators receive 4D Nucleome award from the NIH
Benoit Bruneau and Katie Pollard study DNA folding to identify the genetic causes of congenital heart diseaseCredit: Photo: Gladstone Institutes ...
Rare congenital heart defect rescued by protease inhibition
Small molecule restores normal heart development in model organism with genetic disorderCredit: Greenwood Genetic Center Greenwood, SC (October 15, 2020) ...
Monkey study suggests that they, like humans, may have ‘self-domesticated’
Credit: Rebecca Terrett and Lauren Kelly, Ghazanfar Lab, Princeton University It's not a coincidence that dogs are cuter than wolves, ...
UH professor awarded federal grant to study how parents impact children’s emotions
Credit: University of Houston Whether they mean to or not, parents teach their children what emotions are acceptable and expected. ...
Sea star’s ability to clone itself may empower this mystery globetrotter
Credit: Michael Boyle For decades, biologists have captured tiny sea star larvae in their nets that did not match the ...
When reproductive rights are less restrictive, babies are born healthier
Women, particularly US-born Black women, in states with restrictive reproductive rights policies deliver more low birth weight babies and experience ...
Damaged muscles don’t just die, they regenerate themselves
A new mechanism for muscle stem cell activationSingle myofibers were isolated from mouse muscle tissue in a suspension cell culture. ...
Planting parasites: Unveiling common molecular mechanisms of parasitism and grafting
β-1,4-glucanase, a cell wall degrading enzyme, is integral for plant parasitism and cross-species grafting in the plant family Orobanchaceae.Credit: Michitaka ...
The choroid plexus: A conduit for prenatal inflammation?
These tiny fronds of tissue protect the developing brain -- but may also pass on inflammation from the motherCredit: Shipley ...
The NIH funds a $9.3 million Center for Precision Animal Modeling at UAB
Precision disease modeling involves creation of patient-specific disease models that mimic the molecular character of a condition present in a ...
Future ocean conditions could cause significant physical changes in marine mussels
Credit: University of Plymouth The increased temperature and acidification of our oceans over the next century have been argued to ...
How an egg cell’s “operating manual” sets the stage for fertility
Genetic instructions immature egg cells go through step by step as they mature into functionality revealed in unprecedented detailCredit: Figure ...
Quality control mechanism closes the protein production ‘on-ramps’
Newly discovered quality control system in the protein production assembly line has implications for neurogenerative diseaseCredit: Artwork courtesy of Kamena ...
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