New research on a brain chemical involved in development sheds light on why some individuals may be predisposed to anxiety. It also strengthens understanding…
Scientists have long known that members of the phenoloxidase family are involved in skin and hair coloring. When they are mutated, they can cause albinism –…
Imagine a material so heavy that a cube with sides of length 10 cm weights 130 tonnes, a material whose density is significantly greater than the material in…
New blood cells develop, cells of the intestinal mucosa renew themselves, dead skin cells are replaced – cells continually divide in the human body. If any…
The latest electronic edition of the journal Nature Genetics reports the discovery of a new gene responsible for congenital sideroblastic anemia, a rare…
UCLA scientists report for the first time on the only known frog species that can communicate using purely ultrasonic calls, whose frequencies are too high to…
The scientists will use the genetic data to understand natural variations in corals from around the world and how they respond, at the genetic level, to rising…
For the protection of the environment, and because of the limited amount of fossil fuels available, renewable resources, such as specially cultivated plants,…
A deadly brain disorder in toddlers may find its first treatment in drugs for Alzheimer's disease. UCLA scientists have discovered how a form of the rare…
Our life is supported by various chemical substances such as medicines, detergents, chemical fibers, and plastics. However, many useful chemical substances…
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego – led by 2008 Nobel-Prize winner Roger Tsien, PhD – have shown that bacterial proteins called…
Dengue fever is the most common infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes – some 100 million people around the world are infected. Researchers at the…
The paint is almost 100 percent effective in keeping barnacles away. An extension of the new principle may be to further develop paints that will be effective…
The team mapped a fruit-fly mutation caused by the compound ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) by determining the DNA sequence of the mutant fly’s genome. The…
Uniformity, or singleness of form, is not unique to humans but a general property of life. Biologists have long pondered how this feature is produced in the…
The activation of Toll-Like Receptors, which are essential components of the immune response to certain pathogens, promotes chronic inflammation in periodontal…
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