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8+ hour, 2+ min ago   (768+ words) Editorial from Development’s latest Special Issue - The Extracellular Environment in Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells, edited by Alex Hughes and Rashmi Priya. The post An extraordinary exploration of the extracellular environment appeared first on the Node. [Editorial from Development’s latest…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (713+ words) A routine brain scan finding long dismissed as a passive scar of old bleeding may in fact be the visible tip of an active, treatable inflammatory process, according to new research that could reshape how specialists diagnose and manage one…...

4+ hour, 7+ min ago   (741+ words) Metagenomics has transformed the study of microbial communities by allowing scientists to sequence the collective genetic material of entire ecosystems, from the human gut to ocean waters and soils. Yet a persistent bottleneck has limited what these vast datasets can…...

9+ hour, 2+ min ago   (876+ words) One of the largest genetic investigations of cognition ever conducted in young people has found that while boys and girls differ modestly on a range of cognitive tests, those differences are mirrored by real differences in how strongly genes shape…...

9+ hour, 4+ min ago   (112+ words) The echoes of a tadpole’s early life can reverberate through a frog’s entire existence, but new research suggests those echoes are far stranger than scientists anticipated. In a long-term experiment conducted on the Iberian green frog (Pelophylax perezi), researchers Francisco…...

12+ hour, 44+ min ago   (742+ words) Precision oncology has long promised a future in which each patient’s tumor is read like a molecular instruction manual, with treatments selected to match the specific genetic faults driving the disease. Yet the promise has repeatedly stumbled in clinical trials,…...

12+ hour, 55+ min ago   (839+ words) Aging does not unfold at the same pace everywhere in the body, and one of the most ambitious attempts yet to quantify that asymmetry suggests that the deterioration of our tissues follows tissue-specific trajectories that are more coordinated than scientists…...

13+ hour, 23+ min ago   (59+ words) In a discovery that reshapes how biologists think about cellular quality control, researchers have identified an entirely new mechanism by which cells repair their damaged lysosomes. The process, termed budding-type fission, or B-fission, allows a compromised lysosome to bud off…...

13+ hour, 48+ min ago   (608+ words) Hydrogels have long been considered one of the most promising material platforms for implantable bioelectronics. Soft, water-rich, and chemically similar to living tissue, they promise a gentle interface between electronics and biology. Yet despite decades of enthusiasm, hydrogel-based implants have…...

14+ hour, 15+ min ago   (838+ words) Every time a human cell divides, it must copy roughly six billion letters of DNA—a feat accomplished by molecular machines that race along the double helix at breakneck speed. But the replication machinery routinely encounters obstacles: tightly bound proteins,…...