Month: April 2011

New findings link a common variant of the powerful anticancer gene p53 to increased inflammatory…

Caterpillars that masquerade as twigs to avoid becoming a bird’s dinner are actually using clever…

Fossil teeth of African animals show that during the past 10 million years, different plant-eating…

Women with extremely low body fat, including runners and dancers, as well as women with…

Researchers have identified specific bone marrow cells that can transform into skin cells to repair…

Scientists have moved gene therapy one step closer to clinical reality by determining that the…

A species of algae long known to associate with spotted salamanders has been discovered to…

Formaldehyde, a poison and a common molecule throughout the universe, is likely the source of…

A new study of telephone customer service representatives shows just how important it is for…

Researchers have described a previously unknown role for the cilia protein IFT88 in mitosis, the…