Sea urchin larvae raised in high levels of plastic pollution die due to developmental abnormalities, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Dec 15, 2022
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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have made a surprise discovery about how subtle changes in the way cell survival is regulated during embryonic development can have drastic health implications.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 19, 2018
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Zebrafish embryos are transparent and develop outside the mother's body, enabling scientists to get a detailed view of early development. A research team led by Lila Solnica-Krezel, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 23, 2018
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Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and their international collaborators have developed a novel fluorescence microscopy technique that for the first time shows where and when proteins ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 19, 2015
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A computer-based model of cell particle dynamics shows that the lopsided torque produced by forces within a cell may explain the previously puzzling motion and shape of rotating cell pairs. The model provides novel insights ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 30, 2014
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Three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, crude oil toxicity continues to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species, according to new findings from a research team that includes a University ...
Environment
May 1, 2013
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Using the technique that created Dolly the sheep, researchers from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan have identified a way to produce healthy mouse clones that live a normal lifespan and can be sequentially ...
Biotechnology
Mar 7, 2013
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Developmental biologists at Tufts University have identified a "self-correcting" mechanism by which developing organisms recognize and repair head and facial abnormalities. This is the first time that such a mechanism has ...
Other
Apr 25, 2012
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Amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, are essential to support the normal growth of a developing embryo and the placenta. An insufficient supply of amino acids in the mother's uterus caused by abnormal maternal-embryo ...
Biotechnology
Oct 26, 2011
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