RNA Therapies will Benefit from a New Mechanism
Researchers discovered how biological pacemaker cells can ‘fight back’ against therapies that are used to biologically correct abnormal heartbeat rates. By controlling this activity, the…
Biology
An Important Forage Fish’s Future is Uncertain Due to Genetic Barriers, Ocean Warming, and Other Factors
One would anticipate that people living in the vast oceans would be able to travel widely and that populations of different species would naturally mix.…
New Monitoring Tool for Species Extinction Risk and Marine Ecosystem Health
An international team of academics, including scientists from Simon Fraser University, has created a new science-based indicator to evaluate the condition of the seas and…
How the Growth of Vascular and Nerve Cells is Coordinated
Nerve cells require a great deal of energy and oxygen. They get both through their blood. As a result, nerve tissue is typically crisscrossed by…
Figuring out the Cause of a Fatal Brain Cancer
Glioblastoma is a deadly brain cancer with a bleak outlook. In contrast to most cancers, it continues to grow in the presence of the P53…
Fossil Disproves Over a Century of Understanding on the Origin of Modern Birds
One of the longest-held theories concerning the ancestry of contemporary birds has been challenged by the discovery of fossilized pieces of a skeleton concealed inside…
Alzheimer’s Research Benefits from Using Naturally Occurring Cognitively Impaired Degu as an Animal Model
According to a recent study led by scientists from the University of California at Irvine, the long-lived Chilean mouse known as the Octodon degus (degu)…
Staphylococcal Bacteriophage Atomic Structure via Cryo-Electron Microscopy
Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham have used cryo-electron microscopy to reveal the structure of a bacterial virus in unprecedented detail. This is…
Images of Bison Bones Offer a Glimpse into the Ecological and Cultural Ties that Unite Animal and Human Beings
Due to changes in the planet’s ecosystems brought on by humans, we are currently experiencing a period of unparalleled species extinction. This is hardly the…
A New Book Studies the Ecological History of Tallgrass Grasslands and its Impacts on Indigenous Cultures
According to a historian from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the American Midwest’s core was one of the region’s most crucial ecological and cultural borderlands…
A High-fat Diet Impairs Fetal Blood Stem Cells in Pregnant Monkeys
Researchers report in the journal Stem Cell Reports that maternal consumption of a Western-style diet changes the transcriptional landscape of fetal blood stem cells in…
Using Color to Aid Tracking of Microscopic Coral Larvae for Conservation and Reef Restoration
According to a study by Christopher Doropoulos and George Roff from CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere in Australia that will be published on December 6, 2022…
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