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A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

Researchers from Kyushu University have developed an innovative computational method, called ddHodge, that can reconstruct ...

A new study reveals how biological branching networks use surface geometry to shape blood vessels, brains, and plants.

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Dr. Maria Margarita Behrens traces her journey from South America to the Salk Institute in a Genomic Press Interview ...

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It may have fewer than many of the other sciences, but biology does have two dozen or so “rules”—broad generalizations about the behavior or nature and evolution. Now, USC researchers want to add a ...