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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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JUL 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In discovering that the three-dimensional shape of the cerebral cortex strongly correlates with ancestral background, re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have a achieved what they describe as a real ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 21, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Composed of lymph vessels, lymph nodes and organs, the lymphatic system absorbs excess fluid and returns it to the blood ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 30, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells, which have the prospect of turning into any kind of cell, offer the alluring possibility of generating new t ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
EPFL scientists discover that certain cell structures, the centrioles, could act as information carriers throughout cell ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 27, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electroch ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In 2013, University at Buffalo researchers published a paper showing how slowing down protein synthesis can improve myel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 16, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A new collaborative study describes a way that lung tissue can regenerate after injury. The team found that lung tissue ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a small study, Johns Hopkins researchers found that DNA from the sperm of men whose children had early signs of autis ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 13, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
A new device developed by UCLA engineers and doctors may eventually help scientists study the development of disease, en ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 10, 2015Neuroscience
Given five chances rolling a pair of dice, would you opt for an easy $10 for each roll (for $50 in hand), or take the ri ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Growing up near Springfield, Mass., Laurie Boyer was always interested in science but didn't have many opportunities to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania describe the first set of genes importa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 20, 2015Cancer
Monash scientists have discovered a molecule that is crucial to the survival of stem cells in the intestine.
...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Cancer
Scientists are eager to make use of stem cells' extraordinary power to transform into nearly any kind of cell, but that ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 12, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A new study reveals an important connection between dozens of genes that may contribute to autism, a major step toward u ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a study published in the current online issue of JAMA Psychiatry, an international team of scientists, led by researc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Neuroscience
Lindsay Borthwick, Yale
Thousands of genetic "dimmer" switches, regions of DNA known as regulatory elements, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
When it comes to gene expression - the process by which our DNA provides the recipe used to direct the synthesis of prot ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As an embryo is developing early on, cells and tissues for the person it will become are being formed for all time. Thes ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 12, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Scalloped and Yorkie genes found to be role players
Scientists from the University of California, Los Angele ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 07, 2014Health & Medicine
One in seven couples in America experiences difficulty in conceiving a child, especially those over the age of 35. A new ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
JUL 10, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In discovering that the three-dimensional shape of the cerebral cortex strongly correlates with ancestral background, re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have a achieved what they describe as a real
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 21, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Composed of lymph vessels, lymph nodes and organs, the lymphatic system absorbs excess fluid and returns it to the blood
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 30, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells, which have the prospect of turning into any kind of cell, offer the alluring possibility of generating new t
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
EPFL scientists discover that certain cell structures, the centrioles, could act as information carriers throughout cell
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 27, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electroch
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In 2013, University at Buffalo researchers published a paper showing how slowing down protein synthesis can improve myel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 16, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A new collaborative study describes a way that lung tissue can regenerate after injury. The team found that lung tissue
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a small study, Johns Hopkins researchers found that DNA from the sperm of men whose children had early signs of autis
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 13, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new device developed by UCLA engineers and doctors may eventually help scientists study the development of disease, en
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Given five chances rolling a pair of dice, would you opt for an easy $10 for each roll (for $50 in hand), or take the ri
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Growing up near Springfield, Mass., Laurie Boyer was always interested in science but didn't have many opportunities to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania describe the first set of genes importa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 20, 2015
Cancer
Monash scientists have discovered a molecule that is crucial to the survival of stem cells in the intestine.
...
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Cancer
Scientists are eager to make use of stem cells' extraordinary power to transform into nearly any kind of cell, but that
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 12, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A new study reveals an important connection between dozens of genes that may contribute to autism, a major step toward u
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 11, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a study published in the current online issue of JAMA Psychiatry, an international team of scientists, led by researc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Lindsay Borthwick, Yale
Thousands of genetic "dimmer" switches, regions of DNA known as regulatory elements, ...
Thousands of genetic "dimmer" switches, regions of DNA known as regulatory elements, ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
When it comes to gene expression - the process by which our DNA provides the recipe used to direct the synthesis of prot
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
As an embryo is developing early on, cells and tissues for the person it will become are being formed for all time. Thes
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
DEC 12, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scalloped and Yorkie genes found to be role players
Scientists from the University of California, Los Angele ...
Scientists from the University of California, Los Angele ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 07, 2014
Health & Medicine
One in seven couples in America experiences difficulty in conceiving a child, especially those over the age of 35. A new
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider