Modeling conserved microRNA expression
Insects as models to study the epigenetic basis of disease Excerpt: “…selected insects can be used as models for human diseases with an epigenetic component […]
microRNA/messenger RNA balance
Rejecting what is known about viral microRNAs and nutrient-dependent microRNAs
Of Cells and Limits Leonard Hayflick has been unafraid to speak his mind, whether it is to upend a well-entrenched dogma or to challenge the […]
Nutritional epigenetics, exercise, and immune system integrity
Anti-inflammatory mechanism of dieting and fasting revealed Summary: Researchers have found that a compound produced by the body when dieting or fasting can block a […]
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, […]
Complex behaviors of cell types in cancer
Decoding the emergence of metastatic cancer stem cells Excerpt: “By applying a physics-based approach to understand the dynamics of cancer decision-making, we were able to […]
RNA-mediated cell type differentiation and behavior
Neuroscience Meeting Planner Now Available The Preliminary Program and Neuroscience Meeting Planner for Neuroscience 2014 are available. At the 2012 Meeting I learned that the […]
Memory of repression and memory of behavior
H3K27me and PRC2 transmit a memory of repression across generations and during development Reported as: How epigenetic memory is passed through generations: Sperm and eggs […]
Pattern recognition and conserved receptors (TAARs)
Olfactory Receptor Patterning in a Higher Primate Excerpt: We found that TAARs are also expressed in the macaque OE, suggesting that these receptors may also […]
Ecologically linked adapted ants and brains
Ants Swarm Like Brains Think A neuroscientist studies ant colonies to understand feedback in the brain. By Carrie Arnold April 24, 2014 Excerpt: “The behavior […]
To Another Generation Of Evolutionary Psychologists
Steven Pinker’s Advice To The Next Generation Of Evolutionary Psychologists Post: October 1, 2013 4:58 pm Author: David Sloan Wilson Excerpt: He calls for more […]