Supreme Court says no patenting (natural) genes; brain-computer interfaces mimic motor learning in brain; regenerating finger tips; gene therapy goes deeper; NIH needs more diversity; cross-border collaboration
Supreme Court says no patenting (natural) genes; brain-computer interfaces mimic motor learning in brain; regenerating finger tips; gene therapy goes deeper; NIH needs more diversity; cross-border collaboration
Directed evolution of a gene therapy virus vector improves its penetration into the retina.
Was the Human Genome Project the key to a gold mine?
Regular supplies of food for scavenger birds in Spain may not be the most effective conservation strategy, as smaller birds are bullied away.
Highways and byways are among the man-made environmental alterations driving the evolution of animals on contemporary timescales, with implications for ecology.
Raising one evolutionary question after another, Brandon Gaut has harvested a crop of novel findings about how plant genomes evolve.
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.
Mice and ferrets are protected from several deadly viruses when genes encoding “broadly neutralizing antibodies” are delivered into their nasal passages.
Despite cicadas’ high profile, scientists still don’t fully understand when and why they decide it is time to mate.