Biology

A New Book Studies the Ecological History of Tallgrass Grasslands and its Impacts on Indigenous Cultures

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

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

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…
Genes can be Affected for a Long Time by Early Life Experiences

Genes can be Affected for a Long Time by Early Life Experiences

Longevity in humans is influenced by genetics, the environment, and lifestyle. Beginning in the 1900s, environmental improvements significantly increased the average life span, with important…
The Autism Gene May Hold the Key to Understanding Early Social Behaviors

The Autism Gene May Hold the Key to Understanding Early Social Behaviors

The early stages of social behavior development are poorly understood. However, the majority of animals, including humans, have the capacity to connect socially or establish…
Brain Tissue Regeneration Key Factors Identified

Brain Tissue Regeneration Key Factors Identified

Although there is a repair response associated with neurogenesis after a stroke, brain tissue is not regenerated. Failure to regenerate functional brain tissue is not…
Understanding the Origins of Jaws is improved by DNA Sequence

Understanding the Origins of Jaws is improved by DNA Sequence

As humans delve deeper into the genome, the analysis and interpretation of genomic data collected aids in better understanding of human health and disease while…
A Novel Method of Synthesizing mRNAs improves the Efficacy of mRNA Drugs and Vaccines

A Novel Method of Synthesizing mRNAs improves the Efficacy of mRNA Drugs and Vaccines

mRNA vaccines combine desirable immunological properties with an excellent safety profile and the unmet flexibility of genetic vaccines. Based on in situ protein expression, mRNA…
A New Method more than Doubles the Efficiency of Stem Cell Editing

A New Method more than Doubles the Efficiency of Stem Cell Editing

Genome editing, also known as gene editing, is a field of study that aims to modify the genes of living organisms in order to better…
Monitoring RNA Regulation at the Molecular Level

Monitoring RNA Regulation at the Molecular Level

Transcriptomics is defined as the study of the transcriptome—the entire set of RNA. It is also known as expression profiling because it is a study…
Researchers are Surprised by a Significant Finding about Mammalian Brains

Researchers are Surprised by a Significant Finding about Mammalian Brains

The human brain is the most complex and poorly understood biological structure known to man. Our human brain is relatively large for our body size…
Simpler Imaging of the Dynamic Cellular Zoo

Simpler Imaging of the Dynamic Cellular Zoo

A protein has been genetically engineered to emit the shortest-wavelength fluorescence light reported to date. They achieved this by optimizing the interactions between the fluorescence…
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