Researchers discover a protein that may allow already-differentiated somatic cells to become stem cells
Researchers discover a protein that may allow already-differentiated somatic cells to become stem cells
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Stanford University. Age: 41
The most detailed genetic maps to date of classical lab mouse strains reveal limited genetic diversity
The Evolutionary World, The Darwin Archipelago, Dream Life, Boffinology
Whose well-being is threatened by our changing relationship with the myriad organisms that shaped the evolution of our species?
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.
In Chapter 8, “A Divine Programmer,” author Laura J. Snyder explains how Darwin’s own ideas on evolution may have been influenced at lavish parties hosted by one of the club’s members, Charles Babbage.
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
A major international funder of research and public health efforts on debilitating infectious diseases has frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in grant money to China amidst questions about the country's use of the funds. In November, the Globa
The challenges of crystallizing membrane proteins—and how they’re being overcome