New Butterfly Species Discovered in South Russia
What looked like a population of a common butterfly species turned out to be a whole new organism, and, moreover – one with a very…
What looked like a population of a common butterfly species turned out to be a whole new organism, and, moreover – one with a very…
Whitehead Institute has illuminated an important role for different subtypes of muscle cells in orchestrating the process of tissue regeneration. In a paper appearing online…
The arrival 36 years ago of a strange bird to a remote island in the Galapagos archipelago has provided direct genetic evidence of a novel…
A team of researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital has identified a reversible “master switch” on most developmental genes. The team unearthed this biological insight…
A team of scientists at the Broad Institute, the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a…
A new genome-wide association study (GWAS) by Yale and University of Pennsylvania researchers found that a gene variant involved in brain development is strongly associated…
A new Harvard study found that a guardian gene, which protects against Type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases, exerts its pancreas-shielding effects by altering…
New research shows that the bacterium sends stem cell renewal in the stomach into overdrive – and stem cell turnover has been suspected by many…
Researchers discover several genes whose evolution appears to have been critical to the divergence of humans from their common ancestor with chimpanzees. What makes humans…
New research from Yale University reveals that pancreatic cancer cells use glucose to survive and also to spread to other organs. Pancreatic cancer is a…
New research reveals a genetic “switch” that changes the activity of a key skeletal gene related to height, and pinpoints a variant in the switch…
Researchers from Yale University have discovered the cause of and cure for genetic skin disorders known as the ichthyoses. About one in 200,000 people are…
Researchers have successfully recovered and analyzed ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies dating from approximately 1400 BCE to 400 CE, including the first genome-wide nuclear data…
By delivering RNA encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles to the colon, scientists at MIT have developed a fast and accurate way to speed up colon cancer…
New research from Yale University reveals four genes linked to cystic diseases of the liver and kidney. These findings provide a more complete definition of…
Researchers from Yale University have identified how the molecule DNA2 helps begin the complex process of repairing breaks in DNA that can cause chromosome rearrangements…
Scientists at Yale University have discovered a way to track the precise bits of RNA that control the development of the embryo into trillions of…
New research from the Max Planck Institute shows that mice can sense oxygen levels in the environment using specialized neurons in their noses that are…