Jean-Pierre Levraud, Nuno Palha, and Pierre Boudinot discuss how zebrafish can be used as a model for studying viral infections and host-virus interactions. For more information, see the related revie...
Waking-like brain function in embryos - When in development do brains "wake up" for the first time? Balaban, Desco, and Vaquero (Current Biology, May 3, 2012) addressed this question using n...
The posterior parietal cortex remaps touch into external space
The posterior parietal cortex remaps touch into external space - If you have your eyes closed and are touched, you know where the touch took place in the "external space" around you—this inv...
Gaining mechanistic insight into age-related obesity can provide clues to developing therapeutic approaches for treating this condition. In this study, Lily Jan and colleagues discover that an increas...
The Highs and Lows of EGFR - The binding of epidermal growth factor (EGF) induces dimerization and activation of its receptor, EGFR. Watch as Mark Lemmon and Diego Alvarado take you on a brief, person...
A Sticky Wicket: Opposing Functions of p120-Catenin in Development and Cancer
A Sticky Wicket: Opposing Functions of p120-Catenin in Development and Cancer - Albert Reynolds discusses how his group came to examine the role of p120-catenin in the mouse salivary gland and the imp...
Human Mutation - Brianne Kirkpatrick and colleagues
Authors, Brianne Kirkpatrick and colleagues, on their published paper in Human Mutation entitled "GenomeConnect: Matchmaking Between Patients, Clinical Laboratories, and Researchers to Improve Ge...
Environment and Cancer - How do living conditions and social interactions affect tumor progression? Watch and listen as Matthew During and Lei Cao take you on a brief, personally guided tour of their ...
A Journey Into Entorhinal Cortex | Edvard and May-Britt Moser | NTNU
Kimberly Stroka and colleagues describe a propulsion mechanism for cancer cells that relies on a spatial gradient of channels and pumps in the plasma membrane, rather than acto-mysosin contractility....