In this valuable study, the authors develop new approaches to investigate mRNA imprinting, a phenomenon in which RNA-protein complexes form in the nucleus to influence the fate of transcripts in the ...

Madagascar is home to seven species of baobab trees, of which six are found nowhere else on the planet. Many of the trees ...

Virtua’s Translational Biomedical Engineering & Sciences program, pursuing a Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology, earned ...

There has been considerable debate among physicists over the last 15 years about conflicting measurements of the charge ...

According to a mouse study by scientists in the US and China, increasing serotonin signaling in a specific brain circuit ...

The dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) serotonergic (5-HT) system has been implicated in regulating sleep and motor control; however, its specific role remains controversial. In this study, we found that ...

Can antidepressants cause tinnitus? New research reveals how elevated serotonin activates auditory neurons, inducing phantom ringing in the ears.

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which is the cause of AIDS, is a master of deception, using just nine genes to hijack ...

A new study reveals that while the cellular makeup of male and female brains is similar, the way their genes function differs ...

The human immune system is finely tuned to detect and destroy viral threats. But this same defense system can misfire. When ...

Serially cloned mice hit a genetic “dead end” by generation 58, underscoring that sex evolved for variation, purging harmful ...