The skin acts as the body’s first line of defense against external threats. However, as we age, the epidermis—the outermost ...

Credit: Alice Accorsi/UC Davis/Cover Images A humble snail could hold the key to humans being able to cure blindness by regrowing lost or damaged eyes. Human eyes are complex and irreparable, yet they ...

Through in-depth analysis, the researchers identified 55 proteins secreted by bone marrow cells in response to young human ...

Although often glossed over, the human liver is a pretty amazing organ. Not just because it’s pretty much the sole thing that ...

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For more than 30 years, scientists have studied how the myogenic determination gene number 1 (MYOD) protein binds DNA to ...

Golden apple snails can regrow full, functional eyes. Studying their genes may reveal how to repair human eye injuries.

Scientists at Columbia Engineering have developed an injectable hydrogel made from yogurt-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs ...

However, the accumulation of genetic errors in these cells predisposes them to becoming cancerous. 2 Although it may not be crucial for hydras and jellyfish, the potential identity of a human that ...

Researchers pinpointed a gene related to eye development in golden apple snails, which can regenerate amputated eyes within about a month ...

Additionally, numerous human developmental disorders and diseases stem from Hox gene dysfunction, he said. “We have a fundamental set of genes for patterning the body,” Arnold said.

This meant that human immune cells weren't simply defending their own territory, so to speak; they were also playing offense. The researchers also observed early molecular signs of pig tissue ...