Life Sciences

MSX Gene Family 'Evolutionary Key' To Cleft Palate, Says Researcher

control genes that each go on to specifically pattern the body plan of all modern animals.  This work was ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 14 2009 - 10:43am

Free Range Chickens More Prone To Disease- Study

published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica.  This also applies to all chickens kept in litter-based housing ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 15 2009 - 11:44am

Aβ catabolism- An important Alzheimer's disease therapeutic target

which causes efflux of Aβ from brain to blood. There is an ample evidence that all these enzymes are ...

Blog Post - Sachin Patil - Jan 20 2009 - 8:32am

Show Me the Science: 30 Days of Evolution Blogging

studies, dig up any fossils, carry out any lab experiments, or do anything at all to test any hypotheses ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jan 31 2009 - 2:07pm

Can Kids Walk And Talk At The Same Time? Only If We Want More Accidents, Says Study

on the virtual street. The psychologists found that all of the children – even those who were ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2009 - 1:34pm

Jerry Coyne: A Letter To Darwin- Here's What Has Happened In The Last 150 Years

to rewrite it today. All told, the resilience of your ideas is remarkable. But that is not to say ...

Article - Jerry Coyne - Feb 5 2009 - 5:48pm

How The Influenza Virus Hijacks Human Cells

present at the beginning of all messenger RNAs (mRNAs) to direct the cell's protein-synthesis ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 4 2009 - 1:51pm

Young Teen Brains Are Immature, Just Like The Stereotype

particular capacities are being studied—sensation seeking or self-control—since they don't all mature ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 6 2009 - 4:31pm

Nautilia Profundicola Gets Extreme Thanks To Genetic Adaptations

contains all the genes necessary for life in conditions widely believed to mimic those in our planet's ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 8 2009 - 1:29pm

On The Origin Of (Sub) Species (In Yeast)

wild strains, mostly from oak bark. They found that rather than all being derived from one common ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 11 2009 - 7:40pm