“Cells communicate with each other by releasing chemical signals, like hormones,” explained Conn. “These chemical signals are detected and received by…
The findings, reported in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), come from collaborative research led by Cincinnati Children's…
The research is described in two complimentary papers, one published this week in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of…
Zhong-Yin Zhang, Ph.D., Robert A. Harris Professor and chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and his colleagues revealed the…
The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.”There is an urgent need for new drugs to combat malaria and bacterial diseases such…
In the study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, the researchers report that defective signaling for a protein called the peroxisome…
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the soybean plant, Glycine max, an important agricultural crop. As reported in the journal Nature1, the sequencing was…
Shinjiro YamaguchiTeam LeaderCellular Growth and Development Research TeamRIKEN Plant Science CenterHigh-school biology textbooks describe auxin, cytokinin,…
The new breed blooms longer, produces more flowers and grows under a wider range of temperatures than existing cherry blossom trees, demonstrating the power of…
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have obtained the first recordings of brain-cell activity in an actively flying fruit fly. The…
The results were published online Feb. 14 and are scheduled to appear in the journal Nature Medicine.Many immune cells have receptors that respond to molecules…
The process called epithelial-mesenchymal transdifferientiation (EMT) has been known to play a role in releasing cells (epithelial cells) on the surface of the…
Wasp spiders normally live alone. In their mating season, however, they look for a partner. To help them along, the females exude a chemical lure, a pheromone…
By combining off-the-shelf technologies found in standard cameras and digital movie projectors they have successfully created a tool that will transform many…
Their sheer size makes it impossible for them to bounce up in the air at high speeds. So how are high-speed elephants moving: are they running or walking? At a…
So, why have we stuck with our inefficient heel first footfall pattern when the rest of our bodies are honed for marathon running? This paradox puzzled Nadja…
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