Comprehensive New Atlas of Cells That Carry Blood to the Human Brain
Single-cell gene expression analyses of human cerebrovascular cells can help reveal new drug targets for Huntington’s disease. While neurons and glial cells are by far…
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P53 Protein Plays a Critical Role in Tissue Repair
New research led by the University of Bristol has found the protein p53 plays a key role in epithelial migration and tissue repair. The findings…
Autonomously Swimming Biohybrid Fish Made From Human Cardiac Cells Reveals Insights Into Heart Physiology
An autonomously swimming biohybrid fish, designed with a focus on two key regulatory features of the human heart, has revealed the importance of feedback mechanisms…
Ancestors of Legionella Bacteria – Which Causes Legionnaires’ Disease – Infected Cells Two Billion Years Ago
Researchers at Uppsala University have discovered that the ancestors of legionella bacteria infected eukaryotic cells as early as two billion years ago. It happened soon…
Forgotten Species Go Extinct Twice: Exploring the Phenomenon of Societal Extinction
Species go extinct twice – one time when the last individual stops breathing, and a second time when the collective memory about the species disappears….
Human Nose Organoids Reveal First Steps of COVID-19 Infection
Preclinical models that recapitulate aspects of human airway disease are essential for the advancement of novel therapeutics and vaccines. In the current study published in…
Giants of the Ice Age: Genome of Steller’s Sea Cow Decoded
Giants of the Ice Age: International research team on molecular trail. The giant sea cow from the Ice Age was discovered in 1741 by Georg…
Biologists Investigate Smallest Propeller on Earth – Used by One of the Fastest Organisms on the Planet
University of Exeter scientists have discovered new information about the tiny propellers used by single-cell organisms called archaea. Like bacteria, archaea are found in a…
New Research Bites Holes Into Previous Theories About Megalodons – One of the Largest Sharks That Ever Lived
Extinct shark’s shape swims back out of focus. A new study leaves large tooth marks in previous conclusions about the body shape of the Megalodon,…
Surprising Discovery Proves That Deadly Gene Has Jumped From a Harmless Organism to a Deadly Pathogen
University of South Australia scientists have made a surprising discovery in the origins of an antibiotic-resistant gene previously thought to have been confined to Adelaide….
Autonomous Biohybrid Fish – Made From Human Cardiac Cells – Swims Like the Heart Beats
Device offers insights into artificial muscular pumps, a step toward building an artificial heart. Harvard University researchers, in collaboration with colleagues from Emory University, have…
Chimpanzees Observed Applying Insects to Wounds – A Potential Case of Medication?
Researchers from Osnabrück University now examine a possible pharmaceutical function. A research team from Osnabrück University and the Ozouga Chimpanzee Project has, for the first…
“Weird Wonder” – A Century Later, Researchers Describe Second Opabiniid Ever Discovered
In his book Wonderful Life, the late Stephen Jay Gould, former professor in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, popularized the “weird…
“Sonogenetics” Breakthrough: Researchers Control Mammalian Cells With Sound
Salk researchers pinpoint a sound-sensitive mammalian protein that lets them activate brain, heart or other cells with ultrasound. Salk scientists have engineered mammalian cells to…
Massive Sponge Gardens Discovered on the Peaks of Extinct Underwater Volcanoes in the Arctic Deep Sea
Sponges grow in large numbers and to impressive size on the peaks of extinct underwater volcanoes. Massive sponge gardens thrive on top of seamounts in…
New “Missing Link” Fossil Reveals Origin of Arthropod Breathing System
University of Manchester research fellow David Legg, in collaboration with a team of international scientists from China, Switzerland, and Sweden, has today announced a new…
Experiments Show How Sugar Molecules Can Be Used To Track Stem Cells in the Brain
A Johns Hopkins Medicine scientist who spent 30 years figuring out how to put chemical labels into cells to track their movement in living tissues…
Unraveling the Ancient Stories Hidden in DNA Code
Scientists have revealed that the genomes of marine invertebrates have been surprisingly stable across deep time. Over millions of years, random mutations cause sections of…
