15+ hour, 27+ min ago  (290+ words) A new genetic screening method allows researchers to efficiently modulate individual genes across entire tissues and provides new insights into human development. The research, published previously as a Reviewed Preprint in e Life and appearing today as the final Version…...

18+ hour, 11+ min ago  (612+ words) Research has shed intriguing new light on the genetics underlying the diverse plant organ shapes we see in agriculture and nature. Despite more than a century of scientific investigation into the role of inner and outer tissues, there is still…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (483+ words) Policymakers and scientists from Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan and the UK gathered in London for a mutual policy learning exercise on the regulation of biotechnology with potential to improve hunger and food security. Professor Crist'bal Uauy director of the John…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (353+ words) "I'm excited about this new platform as it is versatile and provides unprecedented information on exactly how fast a single scramblase works," said study co-senior author Dr. Anant Menon, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine. The study's…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (417+ words) To survive in the human bloodstream, the African trypanosome parasite wears a "cloak" made of proteins known as a variant surface glycoprotein (VSG). The study, published in Nature Microbiology, identifies the protein that allows the parasite to fine-tune this "cloak…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (470+ words) In their landmark 1961 paper of the lac operon, Nobel laureates Fran'ois Jacob and Jacques Monod speculated that RNA might control gene activity in bacteria through base-pairing interactions. But once protein transcription factors were discovered, the idea was tossed aside. Sixty…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (748+ words) When you reach into a bucket of ice, step outside on a snowy day, or feel the tingle of menthol toothpaste, a protein in your nerve cells called TRPM8 springs into action, opening like a tiny gate to send a "cold…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago  (804+ words) When Associate Professor Eliezer Calo Ph D '11 was applying for faculty positions, he was drawn to MIT not only because it's his alma mater, but also because the Department of Biology places high value on exploring fundamental questions in biology....

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (364+ words) Collared Iguana (Oplurus cuvieri) with pineal gland by Daniel Goeleven New research that challenges thinking on the evolution of human brains suggests we descended from a small one-eyed Cyclops creature around 600 million years ago. In a new study, published in…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (180+ words) Corresponding author Dr Zhe Ji, Department of Biology Up to now, the molecular driver of this developmental switch has been unknown. In the new study, the researchers not only identified the gene responsible, but demonstrated that manipulating this in rice…...