During that time, animal modeling has shown it can prevent the paralysis associated with spina bifida. It’s believed that the ...

This proved that the choanoflagellate-derived Sox gene seamlessly integrated into the development of a complex animal.

To accurately assess a situation, the brain must retain these informational nuggets long enough to use them to form a complete picture -- for instance, linking together the words in a sentence or ...

Researchers have uncovered how different types of brain cells work together to form large-scale functional networks in the human brain -- interconnected systems that support everything from sensory ...

A section of mouse intestine with colored fluorescent tags under a microscope. Image: Michael W. Davidson/Florida State University/Zeiss Microscopy At a glance: Scientists mapped gene expression and ...

Human Cell Atlas reveals detailed cell maps of the human body. Mapping 37 trillion human cells could transform disease ...

Scientists with the Human Cell Atlas have profiled 100 million cells from over 10,000 people worldwide, aiming to map the ...

We demonstrate that E. coli exhibits significantly enhanced chemotaxis in lanes with sidewalls compared to open surfaces, primarily due to cells aligning and swimming along the right sidewalls. By ...

This study presents important findings on the role of CXXC-finger protein 1 in regulatory T cell gene regulation and function. The evidence supporting the authors' claims is solid, with mostly ...

An ambitious project launched in 2016 has made a dent in one of biology’s greatest challenges — with more than 3,600 ...

New research unveils the evolutionary origins of stem cells through a groundbreaking experiment that successfully created a ...

Donor-advised funds, or DAFs, are financial accounts funded by donors to support future charitable work. This kind of giving ...