13-07-04 Whitehead Institute researchers have determined that the transcription factor（转录因子） Nanog, which plays a critical role in the self-renewal of embryonic stem cells, is expressed in a manner similar to other pluripotency（多能性） markers. This...

13-06-08 A gene expression study of grapevine（葡萄树） berries grown in different Italian vineyards has highlighted genes that help buffer（缓冲） the plants against environmental change and may explain the different quality performances of grapevine when g...

13-05-27 White tigers today are only seen in zoos, but they belong in nature, say researchers reporting new evidence about what makes those tigers white. Their spectacular white coats are produced by a single change in a known pigment gene, according to the...

13-05-19 MY MOTHER fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and grac...

13-04-15 The spleen（脾脏） is rarely noticed, until it is missing. In children born without this organ, that doesn't happen until they become sick with life-threatening bacterial infections. An international team of researchers led by scientists from Rockef...

13-03-22 Virginia Tech researchers successfully used a gene disruption technique to change the eye color of a mosquito -- a critical step toward new genetic strategies aimed at disrupting the transmission of diseases such as dengue fever（登革热） . Zach Ade...

13-01-24 New guy gene is the internal mechanism that triggers extra politeness in new employees until they're up-to-speed on office politics. 新人基因（new guy gene）指新入职的员工自带的一种本能反应，让其在新的工作环境表现得更加有礼貌，直到他们能完全了解所在...

13-01-15 Australia experienced a wave of migration from India about 4,000 years ago, a genetic study suggests. 一项遗传学研究显示，大约4000年前印度人经历了一波迁徙到达澳大利亚。 It was thought the continent had been largely isolated after the first humans ar...

12-11-27 Researchers recently discovered a gene that regulates the duration of sleep an individual needs. The new findings may explain why some people appear to have an internal alarm clock, and can wake up on their own. It may also explain why some people a...

12-06-25 Over 15 years ago, researchers linked a defect in a gene called survival motor neuron -- or SMN -- with the fatal disease spinal muscular atrophy（肌肉萎缩） . Because SMN had a role in assembling the intracellular（细胞内的） machinery that process...