How vitamin D in the first 1,000 days may shape lifelong health
A new review suggests vitamin D does far more than support bones in early life, but says the…
Study proposes genetic basis for autism’s strong sex bias
Autism has a significant and enduring sex bias, with roughly four boys diagnosed for every girl. For many…
Why Are Humans The Only Animals That Cook Their Food? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains
The human ability to cook may seem ordinary, but it marks one of the most important evolutionary turning…
Key Driver of Long-Term Inflammatory Memory Identified
Newswise — One of the most puzzling aspects of common chronic inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis is…
Stroke may trigger younger brain patterns in unaffected regions
In a new study published in The Lancet Digital Health, scientists at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and…
Researchers ID Genetic Target for Aggressive Lung Cancers
UCLA study finds that small cell neuroendocrine tumors depend on a specific protein to grow, offering a potential…
Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers
Scientists harvested eggs from 25th-generation cloned mice and fertilized the eggs, which grew into these early-stage embryos. Credit:…
Mutant Gene Behind Aggressive Adult Leukemia Offers New Clues for Treatment
Newswise — Imagine a tiny superhero inside every cell of your body whose job is to stop damaged…
Buan Aims to Better Understand Biochemistry of Methanogens
Newswise — Methanogens are organisms so tiny that most people never notice them, yet they are nearly everywhere…
Gene from High Altitude Yak Protected and Repaired Myelin Sheath in Early MS Study
A wild yak in Tibet – credit, Alexandr Frolov, CC 4.0. via Wiki A special gene that helps…
Ancient DNA Switches Found in Plants After 400 Million Years
When we think of evolution, the gradual evolutionary change comes to mind: dinosaurs turning into birds, ancient forests…
Selfish chromosomes hijack Overdrive gene to eliminate rival sperm
A new University of Utah-led study has discovered the mechanism behind a decades-old evolutionary mystery-how “selfish chromosomes” cheat…