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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

created Jan 16, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (54) | comments 133

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

created Dec 04, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (42) | comments 61

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

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (36) | comments 21

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

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Rediscovery: Scientists confirm role for mysterious cell component, the nucleolinus

When searching for long-lost treasure, sometimes all you need is a good flashlight.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Egg cells use unusual method of division

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study of egg cells using time-lapse microscopy, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have discovered an unusual property ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Deceptive model: Stem cells of humans and mice differ more strongly than suspected

(PhysOrg.com) -- They are considered to be the most important model organism for research into human biology: mice may look totally different, but they are in many ways similar to Homo sapiens on a fundam ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 05, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Infectious virus hidden in chromosomes during latency can be passed from parents to children

Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infects nearly 100 percent of humans in early childhood, and the infection then lasts for the rest of a person's life. Now, a team led by Peter Medveczky, MD, a professor in the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Jumping Genes Provide Extensive 'Raw Material' for Evolution, Study Finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using high-throughput sequencing to map the locations of a common type of jumping gene within a person's entire genome, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found extensive variation ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1

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

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

The egg makes sure that sperm don't get too old

In contrast to women, men are fertile throughout life, but research at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has now shown that a fertilising sperm can get help from the egg to rejuvenate. The result ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

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

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

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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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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