Life Sciences

Very Recent Evolution: Up To 10 Percent Of Human Genome Has Changed

eliminate as many possible confounding variables as possible, and when all is said and done, we find that as ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 12 2007 - 2:06pm

African Green Monkeys And The Evolution Of HIV

future direction of HIV evolution." All SIVs and HIVs have a common ancestor, added senior author ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 16 2007 - 12:35pm

Is Premenstrual Depression Inherited?

mood disorders related to the menstrual cycle served as a comparison group. All the women provided ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2007 - 12:10pm

Scientists Show Brain Cells Need MicroRNA To Survive

weeks almost all of the Purkinje cells had died,” Schaefer says. Whether changes in specific microRNAs ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2007 - 12:12pm

Success Of Citalopram For Depression Predicted By Gene Variation

compare all of the millions of structural units that comprise even a tiny segment of DNA – a resource- and ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 1 2007 - 1:36pm

UCLA Scientists Produce Functioning Neurons From Human Embryonic Stem Cells

realization that not all human embryonic stem cell lines are born equal is critical,” Sun said. “If you’re ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 9 2007 - 10:20am

'Fat' Hormone Regulates Fondness For Food

genetic disorder resulting in a complete lack of leptin. These patients eat excessively, like all types of ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 10 2007 - 1:45am

Using MRI And PET To Diagnose Mental Illness

disorder the patient may have. The evaluation looks at all facets of a patient’s life and clinical picture ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2007 - 10:46pm

Why Don't Sharks Have Fingers?

and where body parts develop in all animals, including people. They discovered a phase of gene ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 14 2007 - 8:40pm

The Circadian Rhythm Of Mouse Vision

of mice lacking the gene in all tissues, evidence that the clock's function in the eye itself is ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2007 - 6:20am