Spring is here. The ice disappeared, the birds returned, and the world is in motion again. For many seniors, this is an open invitation to go outside and shake out of winter blues. Mobility issues should not be a reason to miss. Mobility is not about keeping up with twenty sensible laps in the park-items […]
The method of associated fruit flies may be the key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes. In a new study, scientists from the University of Iowa discovered a gene that coordinates the movements of the tentacles of female fruit flies, which is of key importance for them when detecting a unique sound made […]
Certain sequences in the genome turn genes on and off. Until now, it was believed that each of these gene switches, or so-called enhancers, had its own place in DNA. Different enhancers are therefore separated from each other, even if they control the same gene and turn it on in different parts of the body. […]