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Developmental Biology
Developmental Biology: the study of the process by which animals and plants grow and develop. Developmental biology also encompasses the biology of regeneration, asexual reproduction and metamorphosis and the growth and differentiation of stem cells in the adult organism.
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OCT 22, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Down syndrome affects around one in 640 children born in the US every year, and is the most common genetic cause of inte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have long known that a significant portion of the human genome is made up of the remnants of ancient viruses; ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2025Genetics & Genomics
There is increasing evidence linking maternal infections to developmental issues, and new research can explain how they ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 19, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Although scientists know a lot about the process of human embryo implantation, it had never been recorded in real time, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2025Genetics & Genomics
During development, many crucial genes help organisms form properly. One of those genes is MyoDWritten By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2025Genetics & Genomics
In a major step forward for autism research, diagnostics, and patient care, researchers have found four distinct autism ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists learned about a decade ago that when children were given peanuts in the first few months of life, their chanc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
When the spine or spinal cord do not form properly, a disorder called spina bifida arises...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 28, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
The diagnosis of autism is still largely subjective; there are no biomarkers that can conclusively identify autism spect ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 23, 2025Genetics & Genomics
In pregnancy, the placenta is the link between mother and child, and this prenatal environment can have huge influences ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
It's estimated that around 13.4 million infants are born prematurely around the world, and preterm north complicatio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have created a new kind of test for autism, which relies on motion tracking technology that tracks as a parti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have successfully engineered a mouse with two fathers that went onto survive until adulthood. Researchers hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Ancient viruses are embedded everywhere in the human genome. It's thought that about 8% of the human genome...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
The expression of genes has to be carefully regulated in cells; active genes give cells their identity and ability to fu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Lissencephaly refers to a rare condition in which the folds usually found in the brain do not develop, and brain develop ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental condition that can present in a range of ways, and ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2024Microbiology
In recent decades, scientists have revealed the importance of the human microbiome - the vast community of microbes that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2024Microbiology
Some viruses only infect bacterial cells; they are known as bacteriophages, and they have real potential to defeat antib ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The human genome contains about 20,000 protein-coding genes, but that only accounts for roughly two percent of the genom ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2024Neuroscience
Air pollution from ammonium nitrate is linked to poor learning and memory performance among 9-10 year olds.Written By: Annie LennonOCT 29, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a novel delivery system for sending CRISPR reagents to brain cells, where it performs its gen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological and developmental condition that can be diagnosed at any age, although ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Schizophrenia is thought to affect 1 percent of the global population, and treatment options are limited because of a po ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Down syndrome affects around one in 640 children born in the US every year, and is the most common genetic cause of inte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have long known that a significant portion of the human genome is made up of the remnants of ancient viruses;
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
There is increasing evidence linking maternal infections to developmental issues, and new research can explain how they
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Although scientists know a lot about the process of human embryo implantation, it had never been recorded in real time,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
During development, many crucial genes help organisms form properly. One of those genes is MyoD
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
In a major step forward for autism research, diagnostics, and patient care, researchers have found four distinct autism
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists learned about a decade ago that when children were given peanuts in the first few months of life, their chanc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
When the spine or spinal cord do not form properly, a disorder called spina bifida arises...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 28, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
The diagnosis of autism is still largely subjective; there are no biomarkers that can conclusively identify autism spect
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 23, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
In pregnancy, the placenta is the link between mother and child, and this prenatal environment can have huge influences
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
It's estimated that around 13.4 million infants are born prematurely around the world, and preterm north complicatio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have created a new kind of test for autism, which relies on motion tracking technology that tracks as a parti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have successfully engineered a mouse with two fathers that went onto survive until adulthood. Researchers hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Ancient viruses are embedded everywhere in the human genome. It's thought that about 8% of the human genome...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
The expression of genes has to be carefully regulated in cells; active genes give cells their identity and ability to fu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Lissencephaly refers to a rare condition in which the folds usually found in the brain do not develop, and brain develop
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental condition that can present in a range of ways, and ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2024
Microbiology
In recent decades, scientists have revealed the importance of the human microbiome - the vast community of microbes that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2024
Microbiology
Some viruses only infect bacterial cells; they are known as bacteriophages, and they have real potential to defeat antib
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human genome contains about 20,000 protein-coding genes, but that only accounts for roughly two percent of the genom
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2024
Neuroscience
Air pollution from ammonium nitrate is linked to poor learning and memory performance among 9-10 year olds.
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 29, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a novel delivery system for sending CRISPR reagents to brain cells, where it performs its gen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological and developmental condition that can be diagnosed at any age, although
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Schizophrenia is thought to affect 1 percent of the global population, and treatment options are limited because of a po
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch