Researchers find that while bats in the Myotis genus don’t produce telomerase, the enzyme that lengthens telomeres, they possess 21 telomere maintenance–related genes.
Two studies identify a signaling pathway that contributes to the fish’s sleeplessness.
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Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.
After years of obscurity, strains of mice with mutations in particular genes are thrust to the fore of autism research.
The approach, which has never before been successfully attempted in primates, could lead to improved animal models for human biology and disease.
In chapter 1, “The Bad Language Brain: Neuroscience and Swearing,” author Emma Byrne sets the scene for her book by telling the story of the hapless and potty-mouthed Phineas Gage.
Crops produced using mutagenic technologies such as CRISPR should generally be exempt from regulatory laws governing GMOs, according to the published opinion.
Researchers map learning-induced chromatin alterations in mouse brain cells, and find that many affect autism-associated genes.
Researchers identify antibodies for two commonly used Cas9 proteins in human blood. Investors take notice.
The prominent researcher has been put on administrative leave pending an investigation into unspecified allegations.
The 20-year project calls into question the conventional wisdom about the role plants will play in mitigating future climate change.
The US Senate narrowly approved the politician, who does not have a science background.
Researchers deliver small interfering RNAs loaded into nanoparticles into the ears of adult guinea pigs to regenerate hair cells damaged by noise.
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