A Patient’s Budding Cortex — In A Dish?
A patient tormented by suicidal thoughts gives his psychiatrist a few strands of his hair. She derives stem cells from them to grow budding brain tissue harboring the secrets of…
biology
UCLA Study Finds Cells That Become Sperm or Eggs in Humans are Vulnerable During Pregnancy
UCLA scientists examining causes of human infertility have found that the cells that create eggs or sperm during the prenatal stage of development are vulnerable to damage, according to new…
How Birds Got Their Beaks
When birds got their wings, they lost the clawed fingers wielded by their dinosaur relatives. But they evolved a new “finger”—in their face. And what a boon that has been….
Scientists Identify Tissue-Degrading Enzyme in Bat-Killing Fungus
Scientists at UC San Francisco and Brown University have figured out the likely way that white-nose syndrome breaks down tissue in bats, opening the door to potential treatments for a…
Resistance to Antibiotics Found in Isolated Amazonian Tribe
When scientists first made contact with an isolated village of Yanomami hunter-gatherers in the remote mountains of the Amazon jungle of Venezuela in 2009, they marveled at the chance to…
How The Wolf Became The Dog
Scientists who study canine origins seem to fight about everything: where dogs arose, when this happened, and even the best way to find these answers. But there’s one thing most…