Why are there superspreaders?
Scientists are analyzing the development and bursting of infectious aerosols in tissue cultivationsCredit: Dr. Patricia Pfeiffer, Dr. Fabian Reuter/ Uni ...
Tag: Developmental/Reproductive Biology
New view of species interactions offers clues to preserve threatened ecosystems
Analysis reveals complex forest connections that underscore diversity's role in protecting ecosystem healthCredit: Christopher Wills, UC San Diego As the ...
Proposal of new universal nomenclature for oxytocin and vasotocin genes
Terminological confusion between speciesCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Oxytocin and arginine vasopressin are two hormones in the endocrine system that can ...
Ageing impairs critical final egg maturation stage
Women's fertility may decline with age due to impaired RNA levelsCredit: Montserrat Barragan/Clinica Eugin Age may adversely affect women's fertility ...
U-M RNA scientists identify many genes involved in neuron development
Credit: Nigel Michki Neurons result from a highly complex and unique series of cell divisions. For example, in fruit flies, ...
Can a newborn’s brain discriminate speech sounds?
Decoding the spectral and temporal fine structure of soundCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA People's ability to perceive speech sounds has been ...
Discovery of an elusive cell type in fish sensory organs
Capturing highly motile and invasive neuromast-associated ionocytesCredit: Piotrowski Lab KANSAS CITY, MO--One of the evolutionary disadvantages for mammals, relative to ...
Recreating the earliest stages of life
Scientists generate synthetic mouse embryos containing the three fundamental cell types normally found in pre-implantation embryosCredit: Gladstone Institutes SAN FRANCISCO, ...
Why the human body has not evolved to make childbirth easier — or has it?
Credit: The University of Texas at Austin. AUSTIN, Texas -- Despite advances in medicine and technology, childbirth isn't likely to ...
Poor iodine levels in women pose risks to fetal intellectual development in pregnancy
Credit: University of South Australia An increasing number of young women are at increased risk of having children born with ...
BioRescue creates four new northern white rhino embryos
Credit: BioRescue/Rio the photographer This is the most successful series of procedures - from oocyte collection in Kenya to in ...
ERC Advanced Grant to Daniel Gerlich
Credit: ©IMBA/Sazel The ERC-funded project builds on a new technology developed by the Gerlich lab, which enables detection of topological ...
Stem cell therapy promotes recovery from stroke and dementia in mice
Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Science Translational Medicine A one-time injection of an experimental stem cell therapy can repair ...
Biologists discover a new type of placental structure in animals
The Cyclostomata is an ancient group of aquatic colonial suspension-feeders from the phylum Bryozoa. The fact that they have unique ...
Autism develops differently in girls than boys, new research suggests
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications New research has shed light on how autism-spectrum disorder (ASD) manifests in the brains ...
Japanese-European research team discovers novel genetic mitochondrial disorder
Team of Japanese and European scientists identify a novel genetic mitochondrial disorder by analyzing DNA samples from three distinct familiesCredit: ...
Researchers generate human-monkey chimeric embryos
Credit: Weizhi Ji, Kunming University of Science and Technology Investigators in China and the United States have injected human stem ...
The architect of genome folding
Epigenetic regulator HPI1a drives de novo genome reorganization in early Drosophila embryosCredit: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, F. Zenk The ...
Study indicates longer reproductive life span experienced by US women
TTUHSC researcher analyzes factors driving the increase in age at natural menopauseCredit: TTUHSC As females age, their bodies typically undergo ...
How can we conserve Seychelles giant trevallies?
Revealing where and why giant trevally roam as they grow helps us understand how to better protect themCredit: Photo © ...