Cloned to cure

Stunted growth

Researchers have found a gene on the tip of X chromosome that may influence human height

Out of Africa?

No laughing matter

Who's dominating?

Genes of fathers and mothers play unequal roles during infancy, even in plants

Tiny creatures

Scientists claim to have found the smallest form of life

Better medium than big

Live & let live

Revolutionary medicine tested

Antirainforests

Veggie ants are a dangerous lot

Genes and means

DNA exchange between plant species aided by their parasites

Colour insight

How bees solve complex colour puzzles

Cultured meat

May soon be available

Biological Big Bang was briefer than believed

New fossils discovered in Siberia indicate that marine life evolved over much less time than thought by scientists.

Confining cancer

Scientists have found a gene that checks the spread of prostate cancer to other parts of the body

Introns: the war of hypotheses

Two groups experiment to uphold the tenability of one theory of genesis of introns over another, yet fail to resolve the basic questions …

Chromosomal close-ups

Discovery of a new mode of dosage compensation -- that is, how the sexes are compensated for their reduced dosage of chromosome linked genes -- …

All in the blood

The newly-discovered relation of haemoglobin to the distribution of nitric oxide in the body could lead to treatments for blood pressure related …

Muscling in

Primary muscle cells - myoblasts - can act as synthesising agents for proteins. transplanted in the body of a patient, myoblasts could help in …

The long and short of it

The efforts of an American biologist might give science something to remember him by. Working with fruitj1ies and the CREB gene, Timothy Tully is …

Eyeless in

Genetic engineering enables the discovery of a gene responsible for the development of the eye, suggesting new possibilities of treating defects …

The lighthouse

A green-light emitting protein has shown the way to an unique way of labelling and marking cells, besides enabling researchers to keep track …

Yes, master

The fruitfly - subject of researches by three Nobel prize-winning developmental biologists - offers exciting insights into how genes control and …

The cytokine factor

A group of genes help creating cytokines, which could either offer a protective cover against immunological diseases or else inflame them

Cause for worry?

BA new study focuses on the link between genetic influence and anxiety leading to varied behaviour among different people

The role of genes

... in the making of an alcoholic is established by measuring the preference for alcohol in genetically bred mice