Researchers identify the signaling program that enables finger and toenail stem cells to direct digit regeneration after amputation.
Researchers identify the signaling program that enables finger and toenail stem cells to direct digit regeneration after amputation.
In avian species, a gene induces programmed cell death during development in the area where a phallus would otherwise grow.
Some H5N1 and H7N9 bird flu viruses could be one mutation away from spreading efficiently between humans.
Regular supplies of food for scavenger birds in Spain may not be the most effective conservation strategy, as smaller birds are bullied away.
In the fruit fly, the ability of neural stem cells to make the full repertoire of neurons is regulated by the movement of key genes to the nuclear periphery.
Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia. Age: 34
Yale University evolutionary biologist Steven Brady studies the evolutionary impacts of roads on the amphibians.
How the study of human social interactions is helping researchers understand the spread of diseases like influenza and HIV
Three patients infected with the new H7N9 bird flu have developed resistance to antiviral drug treatment, causing great concern among doctors.
Researchers discover a microbe living at -15°C, the coldest temperature ever reported for bacterial growth, giving hope to the search for life elsewhere in the cosmos.