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Research suggests cells communicate via biophotons

(Phys.org) -- Biologists have long been familiar with luminescence in organisms, where plants and animals produce visible light, but more intriguing perhaps is the newer field of study centered around biophotons, ...

Biology / Other

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Central nervous system stem cells shed light on mechanism that controls asymmetrical division

Animals consist of many distinct cell types, all of which originate during development from a single cell: the fertilized egg. To generate this vast cellular diversity, the egg and its descendants must divide ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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S.Korean, Russian scientists bid to clone mammoth

Russian and South Korean scientists have signed a deal on joint research intended to recreate a woolly mammoth, an animal which last walked the earth some 10,000 years ago.

Biology / Biotechnology

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Researchers build 'artificial ovary' to develop oocytes into mature human eggs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital have invented the first artificial human ovary, an advance that provides a potentially powerful new means for conducting fertility ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Japan, Russia see chance to clone mammoth

Scientists from Japan and Russia believe it may be possible to clone a mammoth after finding well-preserved bone marrow in a thigh bone recovered from permafrost soil in Siberia, a report said Saturday.

Biology / Biotechnology

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From embryonic stem cells, a sperm replacement and easier path to genetic modification

Researchers reporting in the April 27 issue of the journal Cell have devised a new and improved method for producing genetically modified animals for use in scientific research. The method relies on haploi ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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In vitro UK pioneer Edwards wins medicine Nobel (Update 4)

The Nobel Prize in medicine went to a man whose work led to the first test tube baby, an achievement that helped bring 4 million infants into the world and raised challenging new questions about human reproduction.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Molecular ticket determines RNA's destination and speed inside egg cell

Like any law-abiding train passenger, a molecule called oskar RNA carries a stamped ticket detailing its destination and form of transport, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Researchers improve zebrafish cloning methods

A team of Michigan State University researchers has developed a new, more efficient way of cloning zebra fish, a breakthrough that could have implications for human health research.

Biology / Biotechnology

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Turning back the clock: Fasting prolongs reproductive life span

Scientific dogma has long asserted that females are born with their entire lifetime's supply of eggs, and once they're gone, they're gone. New findings by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, published online ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Scientists aim to bring mammoth back to life

Mammoths, which went extinct about 10,000 years ago, may once again walk the Earth.

Biology / Biotechnology

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Scientists now able to view critical aspects of mammalian embryonic development using new technique

A novel approach in the study of the development of mammalian embryos was today reported in the journal Nature Communications. The research, from the laboratory of Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz of the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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At Long Last, How Plants Make Eggs

(PhysOrg.com) -- A long-standing mystery surrounding a fundamental process in plant biology has been solved by a team of scientists at the University of California, Davis.

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Ancestors of land plants revealed

It was previously thought that land plants evolved from stonewort-like algae. However, new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology shows that the closest relatives to land plants ...

Biology / Evolution

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How Wolbachia bacteria controls vectors of deadly diseases

Researchers at Boston University have made discoveries that provide the foundation towards novel approaches to control insects that transmit deadly diseases such as dengue fever and malaria through their study of the Wolbachia bacter ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Ovum

An ovum (plural ova, from the Latin word ovum meaning egg or egg cell) is a haploid female reproductive cell or gamete. Both animals and embryophytes have ova. The term ovule is used for the young ovum of an animal, as well as the plant structure that carries the female gametophyte and egg cell and develops into a seed after fertilization. In lower plants and algae, the ovum is also often called oosphere.

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