Genetic Hijackers: How Sneaky Retrotransposons Are Rewriting the DNA Playbook
Circular DNA, thought to be an accidental byproduct, is borrowing the cell’s DNA repair mechanisms to copy itself. Like its viral cousins, a somewhat parasitic…
Circular DNA, thought to be an accidental byproduct, is borrowing the cell’s DNA repair mechanisms to copy itself. Like its viral cousins, a somewhat parasitic…
A newly discovered iguana species adds to Asia’s diverse reptile population, having been formally recognized in the scientific community through its description in the open-access…
Biomedical scientists from UC Riverside state that the cells resemble M cells found in the gut and airways. It came as a surprise to Professor David…
A herring swimming in the North Sea, a crab scuttling across the Wadden Sea, or an anemone fish nestled among a coral reef… biologists often…
A groundbreaking study at EPFL has led to the development of orally available cyclic peptides, offering new possibilities in drug development for various diseases, especially…
Though vertebrates vary widely in the number of retinal cell types, most seem to have a common origin. Karthik Shekhar and his colleagues raised a…
A groundbreaking study reveals that sex chromosomes, especially through genes ZFX and ZFY, play a critical role in regulating gene expression across the human body,…
ETH Zurich researchers have shown for the first time that microvehicles can be steered through blood vessels in the brains of mice using ultrasound. They…
Why do hammerhead sharks have hammer-shaped heads? Hammerhead sharks are the strange-looking ones. They look like someone grabbed their skull by the eye sockets and…
Quinoa and similar highly resilient plants have unique balloon-like structures known as ‘bladders’ on their surface. For 127 years, it was assumed these bladders helped…
Local hunters in the Icefjord near Ilulissat are familiar with a special variety of ringed seal known as the Kangia seal. Distinct in size and…
UCLA stem cell scientists ID surprise genetic instructions for boosting protein secretion, with big implications for biotech and cell therapy. Mesenchymal stem cells, found in…
A newly identified protein helps poison dart frogs accumulate and store a potent toxin in their skin which they use for self-defense against predators. Scientists…
Computational biologists harness machine learning to make sense of immune system data. Immune system researchers have designed a computational tool to boost pandemic preparedness. Scientists…
Japanese scientists have uncovered that Cladonema jellyfish regenerate tentacles using stem-like proliferative cells, offering new insights into the blastema formation process and its evolutionary parallels…
Genetic switch rescues aging fish from continuous fasting trap. Fasting interventions, which involve alternating periods of fasting and refeeding, are generally thought to improve health….
A new study investigates the transfer of information between neurons. Do we really know how the brain works? In recent decades, significant advancements have been…
European Lepidoptera, comprising butterflies and moths, are known to have around 11,000 species and are considered well-researched. However, the discovery of a new genus and…