A vestigial trait is something that an organism has that once served a purpose that over time and the course of evolution has ceased to be useful. We see it in goosebumps, which were more effective ...

Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells. This barrier tissue performs its function thanks to specialized structures called junctions. They ensure cell cohesion and regulate ...

For most people, their ears are able to process these wide-ranging sounds and make sense of them. However, scientists don't have a full sense of why this happens because they are still working to ...

Hearing begins with the stretching of elastic molecular 'springs' that open ion channels in the sensory hair cells of the ear. For decades, researchers have known that these gating springs must exist, ...

The researchers did a clever experiment to test the function of these enhancers. They took enhancers from human ear cells and inserted them into zebrafish DNA alongside a gene for a glowing protein.

Bullish (Video) Human Respiratory System: Anatomy, Cilia, and Mucus Membrane Function Posted: March 6, 2025 | Last updated: March 6, 2025 The film discusses the anatomical and functional ...

A new resource from the Gene Ontology Consortium, a comprehensive encyclopedia of the known functions of all protein-coding human genes, has just been completed and released on a new website. For the ...

A new resource from the Gene Ontology Consortium, a comprehensive encyclopedia of the known functions of all protein-coding human genes, has just been completed and released on a new website. For the ...

Comprehensive resource describes functions of more than 20,000 human genes Date: February 26, 2025 Source: Keck School of Medicine of USC Summary: A comprehensive encyclopedia of the known ...