The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Discovery of rare genetic disorder inspires advocacy and research efforts

Ahn has studied SON since the early 2000s. After the discovery of ZTTK, she co-founded the ZTTK SON-Shine Foundation in 2021 ...
LabOnline

Gene loss drives adaptive evolution of a pandemic pathogen

For a long time, gene loss was seen as a kind of biological decay, but a new study shows it can be just the opposite: a smart ...

Lifelong motor function development: Applying percentile reference curves in practice

Dexterity, coordination and balance are all extremely important throughout our lives, but these skills change between early ...

Hobbits of Flores evolved to be small by slowing down growth during childhood, new research on teeth and brain size suggests

New research on the size relationship between brains and wisdom teeth suggests that bigger brains aren’t necessarily the ...

Uptake of DNA fragments from dying cells could redefine mammalian evolution and genomics

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.
eLife

A GCN1-independent activator of the kinase GCN2

The ALBORADA Drug Discovery Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom ...
Frontiers

Post-translational Modifications and the Regulation of Proteostasis and Cell Signaling in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, are characterized by progressive decline in cognitive function and neuronal ...