The story of thalidomide continues
Molecular basis of drug's effects on limb and ear development revealedCredit: Nature Chemical Biology An international study co-authored by researchers ...
Tag: Developmental/Reproductive Biology
Histone modifications are the influencers of zygotic genome awakening
Credit: Tokyo Tech The zebrafish is an important model organism in biology. We share 70% of our genes with these ...
Was early stick insect evolution triggered by birds and mammals?
Research team led by the University of Göttingen reveals early evolution of stick insectsCredit: Christoph Seiler Stick and leaf insects ...
Early breeding season for some Arctic seabirds due global warming
When Spring arrives earlierCredit: Sébastien Descamps The breeding season of some seabirds in Arctic regions takes place earlier as a ...
How the Texas puma saved the Florida panther
Uncovering the genetic details of a conservation success storyCredit: Photo courtesy of Carlton Ward Jr. @carltonward COLUMBUS, Ohio - Scientists ...
Living a long chimpanzee life
Report on the life expectancy of captive chimpanzees in JapanCredit: Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- We humans may consider a ...
Research to focus on small molecule that can help fight breast cancer
UC Riverside and City of Hope awarded Department of Defense grants for the collaborative projectCredit: Perry lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, ...
Species could buffer reproduction against climate change through sperm and egg plasticity
Credit: University of East Anglia Beetles have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to reproduce despite warmer temperatures - according to new research ...
250-million-year-old evolutionary remnants seen in muscles of human embryos
Credit: Rui Diogo, Natalia Siomava and Yorick Gitton A team of evolutionary biologists, led by Dr. Rui Diogo at Howard ...
Organoid research revealed at Neuroscience 2019
Live-streamed press conference offers breaking researchCredit: Society for Neuroscience Mini-brains, also called organoids, may offer breakthroughs in clinical research by ...
Discovered: Possible therapeutic target for slow healing of aged muscles
New work could reveal a potential pathway for therapeutic targeting to combat muscle degeneration in the elderlyCredit: Image is provided ...
Harmful metals found in vapors from tank-style electronic cigarettes
UC Riverside study analyzed six popular e-cigarette tanks and their atomizersCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A team ...
How time affects the fate of stem cells
Credit: D. Suter, EPFL. How do temporal variations in protein concentrations affect biology? It's a question that biologists have only ...
For baboons, a mother’s history of hardship can have lasting effects on her kids too
Baboons reveal how childhood wounds borne by one generation can take a toll on the nextCredit: Chelsea Weibel, University of ...
Tapeworms need to keep their head to regenerate
Scientists show that the location of stem cells is essential in determining tapeworms' ability to regenerateCredit: Tania Rozario Scientists have ...
Study confirms Monterey Bay Aquarium surrogate-reared sea otters helped restore threatened population
Scientists estimate surrogate-raised otters and their wild offspring account for more than half of the sea otter population growth over ...
New insight as to how cells maintain their identity
Credit: Biotech Research & Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen In the body's cells, some proteins are of vital importance as ...
Fruit flies’ microbiomes shape their evolution
Biologists from the School of Arts and Sciences observed distinct shifts in the genomes of fruit flies fed different bacterial ...
Study gives clues to the origin of Huntington’s disease, and a new way to find drugs
Credit: Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Molecular Embryology at The Rockefeller University The first signs of Huntington's, an inherited ...
Kleinberg secures $2.3 million to develop AI patients can use to manage their health
With Kleinberg's three new grants, she now has a total in $5.4 million for her research initiatives, which focus on ...