MDI Biological Laboratory scientist identifies process critical to kidney function
Discovery by Iain Drummond, Ph.D., could pave the way for new therapies to treat kidney diseaseCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR ...
Tag: Developmental/Reproductive Biology
Branching worm with dividing internal organs growing in sea sponge
International research team including Göttingen University first to describe tree-like internal anatomy of symbiotic worm and spongeCredit: Ponz-Segrelles & Glasby ...
Why are there superspreaders?
Scientists are analyzing the development and bursting of infectious aerosols in tissue cultivationsCredit: Dr. Patricia Pfeiffer, Dr. Fabian Reuter/ Uni ...
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, ...
Five studies point to dangers of environmental exposures
New research highlights surprising effects of invisible and often involuntary exposuresCredit: Image courtesy of Ahmed Alarabi, Texas A&M University. Recent ...
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 ...