Laboratory-raised populations of dung beetles reveal a mother's extragenetic influence on the physiques of her sons.
Laboratory-raised populations of dung beetles reveal a mother's extragenetic influence on the physiques of her sons.
Epigenetic changes accrued over an organism’s lifetime may leave a permanent heritable mark on the genome, through the help of long noncoding RNAs.
Scientists unravel the confusing molecular biology behind a fruit fly’s reliance on a single type of cactus.
The US Department of Agriculture announces a partnership of 10 study sites to help promote long-term research.
Mice raised in isolation from their mothers developed cognitive deficits similar to those of babies raised in orphanages where physical contact is infrequent.
Reduced support from the US National Library of Medicine threatens to shut down five popular biological databases.
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The brain’s phagocytes follow an ATP bread trail laid down by calcium waves to the site of damage.
A US Appeal court rules that the National Institutes of Health is legally allowed to fund human embryonic stem cell research.
Proposals from researchers receiving more than $1 million a year in NIH funding will be carefully picked over to avoid overlap with ongoing research.