Neuroscientist show that people with dyslexia have a weakly developed structure that is not located in the cerebral cortex, but at a subcortical processing stage; namely the white matter connectivity ...

Rachel N. Arey, Ph.D. Molecular mechanisms of learning, memory, and cognitive decline using C. elegans genetics and genomics. Hugo J. Bellen, D.V.M., Ph.D. Genetic ...

Why molecular biology needs palaeontology / S. Conway Morris -- Can the Cambrian explosion be inferred through molecular phylogeny? / H. Philippe, A. Chenuil, A. Adoutte -- Protein families in the ...

Developmental biology has come of age / Donald D. Brown -- Expression and developmental regulation of the maize Spm transposable element / J.A. Banks, P. Masson and N.V. Fedoroff -- Chicken antibody ...

Most cells in the bodies of living things duplicate their contents and physically separate into new cells through the process of cell division. But across many species, germ cells, those that become ...

New organoid models help reveal the mechanisms driving the death of excitatory neurons, leading to frontotemporal dementia. A recent research collaboration, spearheaded by Kathryn Bowles at Mount ...

A group of researchers from the University of Tartu and international scientists discovered new mechanisms of how stroke occurs by studying changes in mouse and human cells. The study lays the ...

A new study has revealed the underlying mechanism of development of antibiotic resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). Pseudomonas is known to cause severe and often life threatening ...

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As the largest organ of the human body, the skin plays a crucial role in protection, immune regulation, and the homeostasis of the internal environment.