News tagged with developmental biology
Purple sea urchin metamorphosis controlled by histamine
Now that hay fever season has started, sufferers are well aware of the effect of histamines. However it is easy to forget that histamine is also a neurotransmitter involved in controlling memories, regulating ...
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Study shows developing organisms can identify and fix abnormalities in head and face
Developmental biologists at Tufts University have identified a "self-correcting" mechanism by which developing organisms recognize and repair head and facial abnormalities. This is the first time that such ...
Apr 25, 2012 |
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World's first handmade cloned transgenic sheep born in China
Chinese scientists from BGI together with the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Shihezi University, Xinjiang province, made a significant breakthrough in animal cloning. ...
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Scientists discover molecular secrets of 2,000-year-old Chinese herbal remedy
For roughly two thousand years, Chinese herbalists have treated Malaria using a root extract, commonly known as Chang Shan, from a type of hydrangea that grows in Tibet and Nepal. More recent studies suggest that halofuginone, ...
Feb 12, 2012 |
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Bush embryonic stem cell lines different from newly derived cell lines
Established human embryonic cell lines, including those approved for federal research funding under former President George W. Bush, are different than newly derived human embryonic stem cell lines, according to a study by ...
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Molecular barcodes -- identification of 16 new species of Caenorhabditis
Caenorhabditis are usually thought of as soil nematodes, happily living in compost heaps. The famous (scientifically speaking) Caenorhabditis elegans has provided a wealth of information about developmental processes and ce ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Regulatory process for organ scaling discovered
A new study has shed light on the process by which fruit flies develop with their body proportions remaining constant. The study, conducted by the research group of Professor Markus Affolter at the Biozentrum of the University ...
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Simple nerve cells regulate swimming depth of marine plankton
As planktonic organisms the larvae of the marine annelid Platynereis swim freely in the open water. They move by activity of their cilia, thousands of tiny hair-like structures forming a band along the larval ...
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Researchers block morphine's itchy side effect
Itching is one of the most prevalent side effects of powerful, pain-killing drugs like morphine, oxycodone and other opioids. The opiate-associated itch is so common that even women who get epidurals for labor ...
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Epigenetic changes don't last
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck would have been delighted: geneticists no longer dismiss out of hand his belief that acquired traits can be passed on to offspring. When Darwin published his book on evolution, Lamarck's ...
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Researchers identify insect host species of a famous Tibetan medicinal fungus
A team of researchers from the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Xiao-Liang Wang and Yi-Jian Yao), summarized all the available information on the insect species associated with the Tibetan ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Manipulating plants' circadian clock may make all-season crops possible
Yale University researchers have identified a key genetic gear that keeps the circadian clock of plants ticking, a finding that could have broad implications for global agriculture.
Sep 01, 2011 |
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New method reveals parts of bacterium genome essential to life
A team at the Stanford University School of Medicine has cataloged, down to the letter, exactly what parts of the genetic code are essential for survival in one bacterial species, Caulobacter crescentus.
Aug 30, 2011 |
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1001 Genome-Project: On the way to a complete catalog of the Arabidopsis genome
People can develop new technologies and animals may migrate to other regions. However, plants are tied to their location. Nevertheless, they have found ways to ensure their survival. This is the case for the ...
Aug 28, 2011 |
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Researchers peer below the surface of living tissue
A fluorescent protein found in Monterey Bay's crystal jellyfish is helping University of California-Santa Cruz scientists peer deeper into living tissue.
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Developmental biology
Developmental biology is the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop. Modern developmental biology studies the genetic control of cell growth, differentiation and "morphogenesis," which is the process that gives rise to tissues, organs and anatomy. Developmental biology is that branch of life science, which deals with the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop.
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