A global study of ancient dog DNA, led by scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, University of Oxford, University of Vienna and archaeologists from more…
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Shedding light on human brain development. Credit: ©Dexheimer/IMBA Many of the fundamental principles in biology and essentially all pathways regulating development were identified in so-called…
Researchers at Yale University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard screened hundreds of millions of cells exposed to the COVID-19 and MERS viruses…
Hypothesized approach of a sleeping white-necked jacobin, Florisuga mellivora, by the fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus. Credit: Illustration by Amy Koehler Poop is full of secrets.…
Bacillus biofilms resemble embryos. Credit: Dr. Momir Futo, Rudjer Boskovic Institute Discovery that bacterial biofilms behave like animal embryos sheds new light on the origin…
Mice treated with apigenin had better memory and developmental milestone scores. The plant compound apigenin improved the cognitive and memory deficits usually seen in a…
Researchers discovered that a gene called PIEZO2 may help us sense when our bladders are full, and it is time to urinate. Above is an…
One of the features distinguishing SARS-CoV-2 from its more pathogenic counterpart SARS-CoV is the presence of premature stop codons in its ORF3b gene. Here, we…
Illustration of “Homotherium Latidens.” Credit: University of Copenhagen Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have mapped the entire nuclear genome of a saber-toothed cat. The…
The research could help development of new pest control methods. A unique study conducted by University of Georgia entomologists led to the discovery of a…
New light is being shed on a little-known role of Y chromosome genes, specific to males, that could explain why men suffer differently than women…
A new MIT study reveals that encoding memories in engram cells is controlled by large-scale remodeling of the proteins and DNA that make up cells’…
University of Massachusetts Amherst scientists say discovery could lead to better diagnosis of male infertility. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have identified a…
A study published in Nature shows that a segment of DNA that causes their carriers to have an up to three times higher risk of…
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, has wreaked havoc on health care systems, economies, and everyday lives worldwide. Scientists are fighting back with multiple strategies,…
Gene in brain tissue regulates sexual behavior in males in mouse study. The locus of male sexual desire has been uncovered in specific regions of…
A study investigating SARS-CoV-2 infections across 16 mink farms in the Netherlands, presented at the ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID, held online from September…
An artistic reconstruction of ‘Southern European’ Vikings emphasizing the foreign gene flow into Viking Age Scandinavia detected in the study. Credit: Jim Lyngvild In the…
Researchers engineer RNA-targeting compounds that disable the pandemic coronavirus’ replication engine. Scripps Research chemist Matthew Disney, PhD, and colleagues have created drug-like compounds that, in…
UC San Diego scientists and their colleagues have developed two new genetic systems that halt or eliminate gene drives after release. Credit: Ana Silva Two…