Research shows we’re surprisingly similar to Earth’s first animals
Today's humans share genes with ancient oceanic creatures missing headsCredit: Ryan Somma The earliest multicellular organisms may have lacked heads, ...
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New ‘split-drive’ system puts scientists in the (gene) driver seat
Researchers develop tunable system that harnesses the spread of cargo carried by gene drivesCredit: Gerard Terradas, UC San Diego Powerful ...
WOX9: A jack of all trades
Credit: Hendelman/Lippman lab/CSHL, 2021 Over evolutionary time scales, a single gene may acquire different roles in diverging species. However, revealing ...
Evolution drives autism and other conditions to occur much more frequently in boys
Genetic researchers see greater role in health researchCredit: McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, March 3, 2021 -- Evolutionary forces drive a ...
A new blindness gene uncovered in a canine study
Credit: Kaisa Wickström. Inherited retinal dystrophy is a common cause of blindness, with as many as two million people suffering ...
The human brain grew as a result of the extinction of large animals
Researchers from Tel Aviv University propose a new explanation for human evolution:Credit: Dana Ackerfeld A new paper by Dr. Miki ...
The jaws of life – how hypoxia exposure affects jaw cartilage growth
Credit: Department of Orthodontic Science,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) observe underdeveloped jaw cartilage in newborn rats ...
Single cell sequencing opens new avenues for eradicating leukemia at its source
Technology may boost international research efforts to find drugs that eradicate cancer at its sourceCredit: Jude Al-Sabah/DKFZ A new method, ...
Maternal instincts lead to social life of bees
The social life of bees: once solitary, behaviour plays a role in gene selection for socialnessCredit: Associate Professor Sandra Rehan, ...
Risk genes in schizophrenia – their importance in choosing appropriate antipsychotic drug
This article by Dr. Felix-Martin Werner and Prof. Rafael Coveñas is published in Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2021Credit: Dr. Felix-Martin Werner, ...
Scientists reveal details of antibodies that work against Zika virus
Research from the California Institute of Technology shows exactly how antibodies stick to and block the Zika virus, which will ...
A gearbox for tumor cell identity changes
Credit: Gargiulo Lab, MDC Cancer cells can experience stress. They have to contend with attacks by the immune system or ...
Discovery offers potential for stripping tumors of T cell protection
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has discovered a mechanism that tumors use to switch on protective regulatory T cells, raising ...
Cancer research to gain from identification of 300 proteins that regulate cell division
Credit: KTH Royal Institute of Technology/SciLifeLab With the hope of contributing to the fight against cancer, researchers in Sweden have ...
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