What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
The cell fragments play a role in the body’s first line of defense against bacterial infection, helping white blood cells grab blood-borne bacteria in the liver.
Directed evolution of a gene therapy virus vector improves its penetration into the retina.
Researchers identify the signaling program that enables finger and toenail stem cells to direct digit regeneration after amputation.
Controlling computers with the mind and learning motor skills rely on a similar set of brain regions.
Retrospective carbon dating of human hippocampal cells confirms substantial adult neurogenesis and suggests that the process contributes to brain function.
Stimulating brain cells with light reveals the dysfunctional circuitry that causes obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Some H5N1 and H7N9 bird flu viruses could be one mutation away from spreading efficiently between humans.
Scientists discover gene behind an inherited muscle disorder by studying zebrafish embryos.
Computational challenges are tapping the collective wisdom of the scientific community to solve medicine’s biggest problems.