University of Kentucky College of Medicine researchers were part of a new study that gives insight into how limb development evolved in vertebrates.
Evolution
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Through video tracking and examination of museum specimens, scientists have discovered why Siberia's Lake Baikal seals are thriving when so many other seal populations are suffering from human-caused environmental stresses.
Plants & Animals
Nov 30, 2020
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A team of researchers from France, Columbia and the U.S. has developed a type of yarn from human skin cells that can be woven into human textiles. In their paper published in the journal Acta Biomaterialia, the group describes ...
You know when you walk onstage and immediately get "butterflies" in your stomach? That's the cells in your brain and gut talking to each other, says assistant chemical engineering professor Abigail Koppes.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 3, 2020
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They sport some of the most impressive headgear in the insect world, yet they're no bigger than a kernel of corn.
Plants & Animals
Dec 9, 2019
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"Climb on me", "climb on you" and "resume play" are among the requests wild orangutans make to each other, researchers say.
Evolution
Dec 9, 2019
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Targeting medical treatment to an ailing body part is a practice as old as medicine itself. A Band-Aid is placed on a skinned knee. Drops go into itchy eyes. A broken arm goes into a cast.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 25, 2019
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The role of Hox genes in changing the layout of different body parts during evolution has been challenged by a study led by researchers out of the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Biological Sciences.
Evolution
Jul 9, 2019
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Cockroaches are serious threats to human health. They carry dozens of types of bacteria, such as E. coli and salmonella, that can sicken people. And the saliva, feces and body parts they leave behind may not only trigger ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2019
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A large team of researchers from across the U.K. has found evidence of Paget's disease of the bone in multiple medieval skeletons uncovered in northwest Britain. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...
