All Developmental Biology

Modelling the hearts of the unborn
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Apr 2013
An ECG device used in a study aimed at developing the first comprehensive model of the functioning …

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…