All Developmental Biology


Hopping back to the gene pool

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Apr 2013

Scientists have revitalised the genome of an extinct Australian frog using sophisticated cloning te…

Alzheimer’s hope in form of wine and tea

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Mar 2013

Substances found in green tea and red wine may disrupt a key step of the Alzheimer’s disease pathwa…

Rats ‘touch’ infrared light

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Mar 2013

Neuroscience

Laboratory rats were given the ability to “touch” infrared light by Duke University res…

Light exposure vital for developing eye

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Feb 2013

Developmental Biology

Research published in Nature concludes that light exposure during pregnancy is…

X-ray laser to slay sleeping sickness parasite

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jan 2013

The world’s most powerful X-ray laser has revealed the three-dimensional structure of an important …

“Pinocchio Effect” confirmed: lying affects the nose

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Dec 2012

Spanish researchers have confirmed the existence of a “Pinocchio Effect” when someone is fibbing. H…

Nanoparticles combat ageing

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Nov 2012

Spanish scientists have developed a nanodevice that may have applications in the future development…

‘Barcode’ blood test for prostate cancer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Oct 2012

A blood test that reads genetic changes like a barcode, and can detect aggressive prostate cancer h…

Fear skews spatial perception

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Oct 2012

Fear can skew our spatial perception of approaching objects, suggests a study published in Current …

Modelling embryo development

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Oct 2012

Biologists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have studied how gene networks contr…

Serpentine solution for heart disease

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Oct 2012

Researchers have identified two proteins, including one from snake venom that may have applications…

Detecting disease beneath the skin

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Oct 2012

An international team of researchers has developed an advanced optics system to noninvasively detec…

Green tea may boost brain cell production

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Oct 2012

Green tea possesses chemical properties that increase the production of brain cells, providing bene…

From plane to patient

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Sep 2012

Technology pioneered in the aviation industry could be used to prevent complications after heart su…

Stroke treatment discovered

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Aug 2012

A 20-year investigation has uncovered a drug that can dramatically reduce the amount of brain damag…

Bloodstream scavenger stops deadly blood clots

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Aug 2012

A bloodstream scavenger which sweeps up the debris of damaged cells might stop the formation of dea…

Vision restored in night blind mice

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jul 2012

Mice suffering from night blindness had their vision restored after scientists from University Coll…