Credit: Unsplash.Research team leader Joanne Cole, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, stated that they have identified genes associated with sensory pathways, including taste, smell, and texture, which may also impact the brain's reward response.However, these genes could potentially be utilized...
Credit: Andrea Vierschilling / Pixabay.Ying Gu, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Penn State Eberly College of Science and leader of the research team, stated that the study identified a protein called calcium-dependent protein kinase 32 (CPK32) responsible for chemically modifying one of the proteins in the cellulose synthase complex, thereby regulating...
Credit: Unsplash.What occurs when climate change is introduced into the equation is the potential for the emergence of new species worldwide, as various organism groups become distinct and follow separate evolutionary paths.In the publication "Contrasting effects of warming in diverging insects," which was recently released in Ecology Letters, Thomas H.Q. Powell, an assistant lecturer...
Tetraspanin 8 is localized at the plasma membrane of mucin-secreting cells. Credit: Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39277-9.In a recent study, scientists from the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona investigated how cells execute the controlled release of mucins and insulin, two vital proteins for human health. Their findings were published in the journal Nature Communications.Mucins: Guardians...
The American Association for Anatomy (AAA) strongly opposes the buying and selling of body parts from Harvard Medical School's body donation program. We think it's wrong to treat human body donors like products to make money. We feel for the families who have been affected by this situation.Everyone deserves respect and dignity, even after...
Credit: Unsplash.A group of zoologists from the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, and Berlin Zoological Garden has uncovered the function of whiskers located on elephant trunks. In their study, which was published in the journal Communications Biology, the team examined elephant trunks...
Credit: Unsplash.If the (30 by 30) initiative, which has garnered support from over 100 countries, achieves its goals, approximately 30% of both land and ocean ecosystems will be designated as protected areas by 2030. These areas are intended to preserve biodiversity and mitigate the effects of climate change.However, a groundbreaking study conducted by...
illustration of the structure of DNA. Credit: Unsplash.A recent study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health, has found that DNA has the ability to imitate protein functions by adopting intricate and three-dimensional structures.A recent study, published in...
Astronaut in space. Credit: Unsplash.In the realm beyond Earth, the absence of gravity poses a significant hazard to the well-being of astronauts, particularly during extended missions. Gaining insights into the response of the human body to the space environment is essential for long-term space exploration and the development of countermeasures to safeguard astronaut health.Previous...
Stick insects, Timema knulli, on a Redwood tree branch. Utah State University evolutionary geneticist Zach Gompert and colleagues studied a chromosomal inversion in the species and report findings in the June 12, 2023, online edition of PNAS. Credit: Moritz Muschick.According to Zachariah Gompert, an evolutionary geneticist from Utah State University, genetic diversity serves as the...
