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….
Gene Expression is Key to Understanding Differences Between Individuals and Disease Susceptibility
The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project consortia, which includes scientists from the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, have now published their results from their first pilot study in three…
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…
Congratulations to Nadine Levin, ISG Postdoctoral Fellow
Nadine Levin has been awarded a Post PhD Research Fieldwork Grant from the Wenner Gren Foundation for her project, “What is metabolism after big data? Health, bodies, and populations in…
How an RNA Gene Silences a Whole Chromosome
Researchers at Caltech have discovered how an abundant class of RNA genes, called long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs, pronounced link RNAs) can regulate key genes. By studying an important lncRNA, called…
The Rumors Were True: Scientists edited the genomes of human embryos for the first time
Excerpt: “In March, a rumor surfaced in the scientific community that was intriguing, and perhaps a bit chilling: According to those in the know, researchers in China had successfully edited…