Is there only one optimal configuration an organism can reach during evolution? Is there a single formula that describes the trajectory towards the optimum? And can we 'derive' it in a purely ...

How cells utilize electric fields to guide their migration during embryonic development. As an embryo develops, cells ...

Researchers found that electric fields inside embryos guide migrating cells. The enzyme Vsp1 helps cells sense and respond to ...

Protein modifications are key to cell survival because they ensure they do what they are supposed to do in a healthy system.

https://ista.ac.at/en/research/tkacik-group/ Information Processing in Biological Systems research group at ISTA ...

Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are widespread across the tree of life. Once dismissed as the 'dark side' of the ...

Old viral DNA, once thought to be gone forever, is reactivated in mammalian embryos, with each species showing unique ...

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and LMU reveal how transposable elements – ancient viral DNA remnants – reactivate during ...

As an embryo grows, there is a continuous stream of communication between cells to form tissues and organs. Cells need to ...

Over half of our genomes consist of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are widespread across the tree of life. Once dismissed as the "dark side" of the ...

Nebraska’s K-12 schools would be required to teach students from elementary to high schools about human development under a ...

Infertility is a major global challenge associated with physiological and psychological impact. Genetic mutations that affect ...