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U-M researchers find key interaction that controls telomeres
In the dominoes that make up human cells, researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have traced another step of the process that…
Fluorescent probes light up cancerous tumors
Building on his Nobel Prize-winning work creating fluorescent proteins that light up the inner workings of cells, a team of researchers led by Howard Hughes…
All eyes on retinal degeneration
Retinal dystrophies result from inherited defects in nearly every step of the so-called “visual cycle,” a series of biochemical reactions known to occur in…
UWM researcher predicts stem cell fate with software
A software program created by an engineer at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) can not only predict the types of specialized cells a stem cell will…
Chickens 'One-Up' Humans in Ability to See Color
Scientists mapped five types of light receptors in the chicken's eye. They discovered the receptors were laid out in interwoven mosaics that maximized the…
Chubby birds get there faster
Small migratory birds, like the garden warbler, must make stopovers on their journeys to their breeding grounds. When they have crossed extensive ecological…