What makes some oysters more resilient than others?
New research by Louisiana State University biologists offers insight into this commercially important speciesCredit: Photo Credit: Morgan Kelly, LSU Oysters ...
Tag: Developmental/Reproductive Biology
Cardioids — heartbeat, heartbreak and recovery in a dish
Credit: ©Mendjan/IMBA Self-organizing heart organoids developed at IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences - ...
Alterations in the 3D genome structure and effects on fertility revealed
Credit: Covadonga Vara and Aurora Ruiz-Herrera, UAB. The genome is tightly organised (packaged) within the cell nuclei. This three-dimensional (3D) ...
Young orangutans have sex-specific role models
Credit: (Image: Julia Kunz) Orangutans are closely related to humans. And yet, they are much less sociable than other species ...
White shark population is small but healthy off the coast of Central California
Credit: Scot Anderson NEWPORT, Ore. - The population of white sharks that call the Central California coast their primary home ...
Oregon researchers find cell division machinery that makes brain cells
High speed, super-resolution imagery suggests that neural stem cells in fruit flies operate like machinery on a factory floorCredit: University ...
‘No level of smoke exposure is safe’
Study links secondhand smoke during pregnancy to epigenetic changes in babiesCredit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Nearly a quarter of pregnant ...
The importance of DNA compaction in tissue formation
Credit: IRB Barcelona Scientists led by Dr. Salvador Aznar-Benitah, head of the Stem Cells and Cancer laboratory at IRB Barcelona, ...
Epigenetics study draws link between hatchery conditions and steelhead trout fitness
Credit: Photo by WSU Photo Services PULLMAN, Wash. - Alterations in the epigenetic programming of hatchery-raised steelhead trout could account ...
Heart attack recovery aided by injecting heart muscle cells that overexpress cyclin D2
Researchers used a pig model of heart attacks, which more closely resembles the human heart in size and physiology, and ...
Maternal stress during pregnancy may shorten lifespans of male lizard offspring
Credit: Tracy Langkilde, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Mother fence lizards that experience stress during pregnancy give birth to ...
New cellular atlas maps out healthy and cancerous breast tissue
Credit: WEHI, Australia Australian researchers have documented the diversity of cells in the human breast, explaining the relationship between healthy ...
Largest-ever study of artificial insemination in sharks–and the occasional ‘virgin birth’
Credit: Photo by Jay Harvey, Aquarium of the Pacific It's a tough time to be a shark. Pollution, industrialized fishing, ...
How the body builds a healthy relationship with ‘good’ gut bacteria
Credit: François-Joseph Lapointe, Université de Montréal Our body's relationship with bacteria is complex. While infectious bacteria can cause illness, our ...