Biology News

Orthodox Jews attend a funeral in Jerusalem in 2010, near where the distinctive DNA snippet that is the subject of Jeff Wheelwright's book originated.

Last week, www.Match.com published the second-annual "Singles in America," a national survey - compiled in part with Binghamton University's Evolutionary Studies Program - that contained a variety of statistics, ranging from which gender is more likely to experience love at first sight to which political party typically has better sex.

Newswise - AMHERST, Mass. - Advances in studying genes mean that scientists in evolutionary developmental biology or "evo-devo" can now explain more clearly than ever before how bats got wings, the turtle got its shell and blind cave fish lost their eyes, says University of Massachusetts Amherst evolutionary biologist Craig Albertson.

Newswise - Boston--The underrepresentation of women in science has received significant attention.

The more specialized and sophisticated scientific research becomes, the farther it recedes from everyday experience.

Rice senior Manan Mehta discovered a method to create libraries of "circularly permuted" proteins at the suggestion of his mentor, bioengineer Jonathan Silberg.

Ultraviolet radiation from the sun can damage proteins and DNA inside cells, leading to poor growth and even death .

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DNA sequences from tumor cells can be used to direct the immune system to attack cancer, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

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Newswise - NEW YORK - A nationwide, federally funded study has found that testing a developing fetus' DNA through chromosomal microarray provides more information about potential disorders than does the standard method of prenatal testing, which is to visually examine the chromosomes .

THURSDAY, Feb. 9 -- Four new genes associated with type 2 diabetes have been identified by researchers, who also pinpointed six independent diabetes-associated gene variants at previously known locations on chromosomes.

A postdoctoral fellow position in stem cell and epithelial biology research is available in the Section on Epithelial and Retinal Physiology and Disease at the National Eye Institute , in Bethesda, MD.

With galleries dedicated to animals and habitats throughout the Pacific Ocean, the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif., is the fourth largest aquarium in the United States.

When disease-causing invaders like bacteria infect a human host, cells of various types swing into action, coordinating their activities to address the threat.

Signaling pathways lie at the heart of cellular responses to environmental cues.

Observing that certain cancer cells may exhibit greater flexibility than normal cells, some scientists believe that this capability promotes rapid tumor growth.

Drew and Skyler Russert are 16-year-old identical twin brothers from Los Altos, Calif.

Coronary artery disease or CAD, which kills tens of thousands worldwide every year, is likely to pass from father to son, reveals a study.

A major challenge of biology is understanding the relationship between molecular genetic variation and variation in quantitative traits, including fitness.