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Who's Your Daddy? Infidelity and Paternity in Reed Warblers
May 16, 2013 Researchers recently carried out experiments with reed warblers to see how a situation of potential infidelity affects later paternal investment in the chicks and whether it does in fact lead to ... > full story -
Frog Once Imported for Pregnancy Testing Brought Deadly Amphibian Disease to U.S.
May 15, 2013 African frogs, originally imported for early 20th century pregnancy tests, carried a deadly amphibian disease to the US, according to new findings. African Clawed Frogs have long been suspected of ... > full story -
Developmental Genetics of Space and Time
May 15, 2013 Scientists have conducted a study that reveals important and useful insights into how and why developmental genes often take inputs from two independent “morphogen concentration ... > full story -
Oldest Evidence of Split Between Old World Monkeys and Apes: Primate Fossils Are 25 Million Years Old
May 15, 2013 Two fossil discoveries from the East African Rift reveal new information about the evolution of primates, according to a new ... > full story -
Four Genes Identified That Influence Levels of 'Bad' Cholesterol
May 15, 2013 Scientists have identified four genes in baboons that influence levels of “bad” cholesterol. This discovery could lead to the development of new drugs to reduce the risk of heart ... > full story -
No Idle Chatter: Malaria Parasites 'Talk' to Each Other
May 15, 2013 Scientists have made the surprise discovery that malaria parasites can 'talk' to each other -- a social behavior to ensure the parasite's survival and improve its chances of being transmitted to ... > full story -
Human Skin Cells Converted Into Embryonic Stem Cells: First Time Human Stem Cells Have Been Produced Via Nuclear Transfer
May 15, 2013 Scientists have successfully reprogrammed human skin cells to become embryonic stem cells capable of transforming into any other cell type in the body. It is believed that stem cell therapies hold ... > full story -
Collecting DNA for Human Rights: How to Help While Safeguarding Privacy
May 15, 2013 DNA databases might help identify victims of crime and human trafficking, but how do we safeguard the personal privacy of innocent victims and family members? A new report identifies a number of key ... > full story -
Untangling the Tree of Life
May 15, 2013 Phylogeneticists examined the reasons why large-scale tree-of-life studies are producing contradictory results and have proposed a suite of novel techniques to resolve the ... > full story -
Study IDs Key Protein for Cell Death
May 14, 2013 Findings may offer a new way to kill cancer cells by forcing them into an alternative programmed-death ... > full story
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