Living conditions in early life can have lasting, widespread effects on DNA methylation.
Living conditions in early life can have lasting, widespread effects on DNA methylation.
Researchers studying differences in how individuals respond to stress are finding that genes are malleable and environments can be deterministic.
In an essay entitled "Nurture, Nature, and the Stress That is Life," neurobiologists Darlene Francis and Daniela Kaufer envision a future where science moves past the nature vs. nurture debate in considering differences in human behavioral responses to stress.
An interactive online map can help researchers track the spread of antibiotic resistant microbes.
Stretching muscle cells as they grow helps promote the expression of growth factors.
Deadly epidemics can have a profound impact on people’s choice of religion.
A new microfluidics chip lets researchers analyze the nucleic acids of 300 individual cells simultaneously.
Healthy mice are born from germ cell precursors grown in vitro.