The most detailed genetic maps to date of classical lab mouse strains reveal limited genetic diversity
The most detailed genetic maps to date of classical lab mouse strains reveal limited genetic diversity
It may be time to reconsider an AIDS vaccine which is more human than viral, triggering the immune system in a way that no other vaccine does.
This Monday (May 23), which happens to be the birthday of famed naturalist and species namer extraordinaire Carolus Linnaeus, researchers at Arizona State University listed their picks of the top 10 newly-described species of 2010. Without further
The challenges of crystallizing membrane proteins—and how they’re being overcome
Ron Kaback didn’t believe that electrochemical gradients could power the transport of sugars and amino acids across cell membranes—until he proved that they do.
Group Leader, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council. Age: 36
Two sisters -- a developmental biologist and high-end fashion designer -- team up to develop a couture collection inspired by the first 1,000 hours of embryonic life
Because of their ability to differentiate into any cell type, stem cells have been thought to play an important role in limb regeneration processes. But new research has found that in zebrafishes that have lost their fins, the regrowing of the lim
| May 14, 2011
There are a surprising number of unknowns about how our limbs come to be symmetrical.