Amino acid homeostasis for a Happy New Year!
Works by Christ et al., continue to attest to the rejuvenating power of blood. For example, in the context of epigenetic pharmacology and regenerative medicine, […]
Month: December 2014
Understanding cell type differentiation
The Wisdom of the Fly Crowds by Ed Yong Excerpt: “This is a landmark study of collective behaviour,” says Iain Couzin… “Never before has it […]
From Hydra to humans vs a Lakatosian research program
Imre Lakatos Excerpt: “A Lakatosian research programme[8] is based on a hard core of theoretical assumptions that cannot be abandoned or altered without abandoning the […]
Unified nutritional and molecular mechanisms
Endogenous Hydrogen Sulfide Production Is Essential for Dietary Restriction Benefits Article image: Excerpt: “…unifying nutritional and molecular mechanisms remain elusive.” Reported as Molecular mechanism behind […]
Removing natural selection; reshaping the horse; adjusting evolutionary theory
Prehistoric genomes reveal the genetic foundation and cost of horse domestication Reported as: Reshaping the horse through millennia Excerpt: “Domestication is generally associated with repeated demographic […]
Conserved molecular mechanisms
In RNA-mediated events: chromosomal rearrangements and genomic rearrangements, I wrote: John Hewitt is the only science journalist I know who may have the knowledge required […]
Communication, not mutations
Communicating Across Kingdoms? Researchers pinpoint microRNAs that could play a role in how Wolbachia bacteria manipulate their arthropod hosts. By Sandhya Sekar | December 15, […]
Models by evolutionary biologists are not models
How Networks Are Revolutionizing Scientific (and Maybe Human) Thought By John Edward Terrell, Termeh Shafie and Mark Golitko | December 12, 2014 | Excerpt: “…evolutionary biologists […]
The future of physics predicts no future for evolutionary theory
The ever-smaller future of physics ‘Theory of everything’ captures Weinberg’s imagination in Lee Historical Lecture Excerpt: “…there are hints that the answers to fundamental questions […]
Model organisms: the birds and the bees
Bird Genomes Abound Scientists complete the largest-ever comparative genomic study of birds. By Ruth Williams | December 11, 2014 Excerpt: “Birds are model organisms for […]