Defects in developing frog brain can be prevented or repaired with bioelectric drugs
Researchers suggest the discovery offers a roadmap for exploration of therapeutic drugs that could help repair birth defects in humansCredit: ...
Tag: Developmental/Reproductive Biology
uOttawa researchers discover new sex hormone
New hormone that stimulates sexual functions in fish could lead to novel infertility treatments in humansCredit: Pixabay When University of ...
Environmental contaminants alter gut microbiome, health
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The microbes that inhabit our bodies are influenced by what we ...
Sex as stress management in microbes
Credit: Valerio Vitali Why is sex so popular? The question of why so many organisms reproduce sexually has mystified evolutionary ...
The ins and outs of sex change in medaka fish
Credit: TANAKA. Larval nutrition plays a role in determining the sexual characteristics of Japanese rice fish, also called medaka (Oryzias ...
‘Bee’ thankful for the evolution of pollen
MU researchers discover wildflower's spiny pollen adapts to help plants reproduceCredit: University of Missouri Have pollen. Must travel. Over 80% ...
Physicist to study bacteria undergoing photosynthesis
Nathaniel Gabor's lab develops experiments to bridge vastly different scales of size, energy, and complexityCredit: UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- ...
Deciphering the fine neuroendocrine regulatory system during development
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba discover a regulatory neuroendocrine system that coordinates growth and maturation in a developmental stage-specific ...
MUSC researchers link gene mutation to autism behaviors
Credit: Sarah Pack/MUSC A collaboration between scientists at the Medical University of South Carolina and clinicians at the Greenwood Genetic ...
How some insects manage to halt their own growth in harsh conditions
Scientists show how day length and temperature play separate roles in the seasonal adaptation of some insectsCredit: 2020 Okayama University ...
Faster breeding sea urchins: A comeback animal model for developmental biology
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have created albino sea urchins using CRISPR and hope this species can bring the ...
Mother roundworms have ultra-protective instincts
New study shows animals pass signals to future offspring to warn them of dangerCredit: Catherine Dvorak, University of Iowa Talk ...
Pine martens like to have neighbors — but not too near
Credit: Nick Upton Pine martens need neighbours but like to keep their distance, according to new research. Over three years, ...
New book on heart development and disease from CSHLPress
Credit: Illustration kindly provided by Timothy J. Mohun. Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced ...
New book on Cell Survival and Cell Death from CSHLPress
Credit: Illustration created by Giovanni Luchetti, Genentech.) Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced the ...
How plants forget
New work uncovers how a specific epigenetic mark is reset in spermCredit: Michael Borg Although they do it differently than ...
A deep look into the gut’s hormones
Credit: Joep Beumer, copyright Hubrecht Institute Researchers from the Hubrecht Institute and Utrecht University generated an in-depth description of the ...
Little skates could hold the key to cartilage therapy in humans
Credit: Andrew Gillis WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Nearly a quarter of Americans suffer from arthritis, most commonly due to the ...
Scientists show MRI predicts the efficacy of a stem cell therapy for brain injury
First 'biomarker' for regenerative medicine may help researchers identify the people most likely to benefit from stem cell treatmentCredit: Sanford ...
More than the sum of their genes
Scientists call for a new perspective for population management of animals in zoosCredit: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7552258 Reproducing ...