A Protein-Sensing Molecular Switch Alters Facial Features
Let’s face it, the features on the front of a skull are important for everyday tasks like eating and being…
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Let’s face it, the features on the front of a skull are important for everyday tasks like eating and being…
Farmers rely on crop yields for economic returns, but soil or water contamination with heavy metals like arsenic threatens crop…
Cellular maturation involves transcriptional, metabolic, and physiological changes that drive cell function. In human neurons, this process takes longer than…
No two dreams look the same, but their underlying neurology is similar. “The brain activity, it looks like it’s awake,”…
In the early stages of human embryonic development, a zygote divides into two identical totipotent cells that eventually become eight…
Calcium signaling is integral to proper neuron function. Mutations that impair this process cause a variety of neurological disorders. In…
Many neurological and psychiatric conditions differ in their prevalence and risk based on biological sex. “There is a sort of…
Viral infections cause negative outcomes in pregnant patients and their offspring.1,2 To explain this trend, some scientists point to studies…
Taste, like other senses, is mediated by finely tuned circuits of neurons. These circuits are formed during embryonic development, when…
In the 1970s, scientists knew that some viruses and chemicals caused cancer, but they didn’t know how. Arnold Levine, a…