Tag: Developmental/Reproductive Biology

Credit: Xiaolei Wang For decades, women have shouldered most of the burden of contraception. However, long-term use of female birth ...

Shellfish could revolutionize human health research, new study suggestsCredit: José Fernández Robledo/Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Shellfish like oysters and ...

Credit: Rongrong Angkaew In the world's temperate regions, proximity to roads usually reduces the reproductive success of birds, thanks to ...

Unravelling how instructions for new life are readCredit: Dr Melanie Eckersley-Maslin, Babraham Institute Key points: Researchers identify factors responsible for ...

Credit: Manu Friedrich Tropical deforestation is a major contributor to climate change and loss of local and global ecosystem functions. ...

Have you ever wondered why the Megalodon shark became to be so big? Or wondered why some other sharks are ...

These kidney macrophages reprogram to a developmental state after kidney injury, similar to those in newborn mice.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ...

Credit: Aubrey Kelly ITHACA, N.Y. - Thousands of people - many of them children - are hurt or killed by ...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 23, 2019--A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

Research team at the University of Göttingen investigates neuronal plasticity in rodentsCredit: Siegrid Löwel If mice grow up in a ...

A first-ever University of Guelph study has uncovered precisely when and where tree swallows stop during flights, which could tell ...

The complex sugars found in human breastmilk, long believed to be fixed in their composition, may change in women who ...

Life experience may be transmitted from one generation to the next through changes in gene expression, parental caretakingCredit: Kalogeraki, Yusifov, ...

Hyperexcitability of neurons not due to lowered inhibition because brain compensates A detailed study of four mouse models of autism ...

Of the 21 drugs designed for delivery directly to the female genital tract, only four have a cost-effective, generic equivalent ...

Credit: Kobe University How do plants space out their roots? A Japanese research team has identified a peptide and its ...

Joint British Ecological Society and Society for Tropical Ecology symposium The event celebrates the fourth European Conference of Tropical Ecology, ...

At the limits of survival due human overexploitationCredit: Cayman Turtle Center (CTC) The reintroduction program for the green turtle in ...

Scientists are piecing together how genes involved in neural development can affect body weightCredit: Dr. Sebastien Bouret, CHLA Leading a ...

With proper planning, care and coordination among treating health care providers via a multidisciplinary approach, women with IBD can have ...