While biotechnology has met with mixed public reactions, to date nanotechnology seems to invoke much less public concern.
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While biotechnology has met with mixed public reactions, to date nanotechnology seems to invoke much less public concern.
Hormones in the brain control sex-specific behaviors by activating individual genetic programs.
New research suggests that circular RNA transcripts are not as rare as previously thought.
Celebrity spokespeople for pharma companies can manipulate the public’s understanding of disease.
Research in yeast shows that aneuploidy is both a consequence of and an adaptation to stress.
Populations of organisms acquire beneficial traits repeatedly and rapidly through co-evolution with other species and through gene interaction.
Biomedical research can learn from citizen science, which is grounded in strong relationships with study participants.
Autophagy, the cell’s recycling system, may be responsible for the health benefits of exercise.
Brain imaging and gene analyses in twins reveal that white matter integrity is linked to an iron homeostasis gene.
Certain skin-residing immune cells may—under specific conditions—play a direct role in initiating skin cancer after exposure to environmental toxins.