Our bodies connect us to the world. When people lose parts of their bodies to disease or traumatic injury, they often feel that they've lost a part of who they are, even experiencing a grief akin to losing a loved one. Their ...
Biotechnology
Jan 28, 2022
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Researchers from Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute have helped solve the mystery of how emus became flightless, identifying a gene involved in the development and evolution of bird wings.
Biotechnology
Jul 25, 2017
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Many salamanders have the remarkable ability to regrow their own limbs and tails after an injury. How are they able to do this, while more complex mammals, such as humans, cannot?
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2024
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New research shows that brain development in humans and other primates is closely linked to skeletal development, a finding that creates new avenues for studying the evolution and development of the human brain.
Evolution
Jan 10, 2023
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The last common ancestor of cephalopods and vertebrates existed more than 500 million years ago. In fact, a squid is more closely related to a clam than it is a to a person. Even so, the two lineages independently evolved ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2022
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John Nhial was barely a teenager when he was grabbed by a Sudanese guerrilla army and forced to become a child soldier. He was made to endure weeks of walking with so little food and water that some of his fellow captives ...
Engineering
Feb 20, 2017
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Many of the secrets of life, such as terminal size and shape, have been uncovered in studies performed over a century involving animal models such as the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Now, IRB Barcelona researchers headed ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 9, 2017
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A team of leading Croatian researchers at the Center of Excellence in Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine, Zagreb School of Medicine, has made a novel discovery in our understanding of limb development and DNA methylation, ...
Biotechnology
May 31, 2023
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To shed light on the principles that govern tissue dynamics across species, RIKEN biologists have developed a new method for analyzing the development of vertebrate limbs. These principles could help guide the development ...
Biotechnology
Mar 28, 2024
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